Technology In Writing

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Technology in Writing through Time Writing has been around or thousands of years, in various forms-lines, stones, hieroglyphs, and so on. It, writing has allowed us, people, to send messages and ideas over lengthy periods of time to now instant messages, and both ways-lengthy and instant ones-have commonly been for sending our messages to others far and distanced from us. The technologies in use have changed, but the intentions are still relatively the same: deliver a message. Technology, literacy rates, who will read a text, and original viruses copied texts will discussed in what it takes to create and deliver a message, from "Should Everybody Write?" by Dennis Baron. Commencing, writing, a shadow of speech, started off as being done …show more content…
Even before the "old technologies," the creation of writing began 7-8 thousand years ago with stone, when most people were illiterate, as a way of keeping track of inventory, for Mediterranean traders. However, in more recent, but still past times, only a few had attempted to learn how to write, as people were not quick on mastering the skill, because of the learning required, the cost of the materials, and because speech was seen as just as good as writing. However, these days, writing is very much so computer-based, but PCs are frequently used for things such as updating FB statuses or posting Tweets. Before computers made their way into the mainstream, they were work processors and not word processors, or writing machines. The computer had to be improved and modified before it became a widely used tool for writing. Lower costs, an increase in user friendliness, and outperforming previous technologies helped the computer get to its current place, sort of niche, replacing type writers and being the top copier of choice. As new technologies came about new ways for writing and genres did too. Writing moves from being done by "old-fashioned" forms to being done by more modern technologies (for messages to be sent …show more content…
In ancient Greece, in the 4th-5th century BCE, about ten percent of the urban male population was literate, while just one percent of the women and rural people were, and those numbers are approximately the same for 17th century England. Though, by the 19th century, England 's literacy rate was at approximately 70%, even though there were concerns over who could read and write, and America and Western Europe’s literacy rates shot up over 80%. Alexandria, an Egyptian city, may have had a grand library during the Hellenic period, but the people lacked library cards. Writing technologies, as opposed to copiers, limited who could be authors and readers. Limits were (and are) also imposed by governments, religious leaders, and society. Writing is less bound and confined today than it was in the past. In conclusion, the evolution and how to deliver a creation, writing, is the theme of Dennis Barton 's "Should Everybody Write?" Barton takes readers of Should Everybody Write into the past and compares it to how things are now, by discussing ancient, old, and newer technologies for the majority of the article. A message may be instant or not so instant, to only be sent much later than preferred or expected, but there is a common goal: delivery. Writing, a message, is usually sent, delivered, and seen, but not necessarily replied

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