Essays about: "E-book reading"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 10 essays containing the words E-book reading.

  1. 6. Environmental Implications of Media Consumption embedded in Digital Ecosystems : A bottom-up systems approach to the perennial case of paperless reading in Germany

    University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

    Author : Joachim Felix Aigner; [2018]
    Keywords : Digitalization; Sustainable Development; Environmental Hot-spots; Bottom-up Analysis; Life Cycle Assessment LCA ; Environmental Impacts; Carbon Footprint; Global Warming Potential; Media Consumption; Digital Ecosystem; Paperless Publishing and Reading; E-Book; E-Magazine; E-Paper; Germany;

    Abstract : Digitalization has been reshaping the media landscape in recent years, often conveying an implicit promise of becoming less dependent on physical resources. At the same time, the current understanding of digital reading goes beyond dedicated e-readers or definable digital media products such as magazines or newspapers. READ MORE

  3. 7. Where did the book go? - An empirical study about reading habits and reading ecologies of Swedish Kindle-users

    University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Emilia Nilsson; [2016]
    Keywords : communicative ecology; e-book; e-reader; Kindle; Kindle Store; mediatization; media practice; reading; reading habits;

    Abstract : Through the introduction and popularisation of e-books and e-readers, the way books are read is changing. This paper aims to investigate the reading habits of five Swedish-based Kindle users to understand their reading ecologies and what place the Kindle has in their reading ecologies. READ MORE

  4. 8. Development of mobile application to handle e-books for Malmö City Library

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ergonomi och aerosolteknologi

    Author : Miriam Tisander; Elise Ellerstedt; [2015]
    Keywords : e-books; libraries; DRM protection; user friendly design; DL Reader; prototyping; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : The number of people who choose e-books rather than reading traditional paper books are increasing as a result of our world becoming more digitized. Libraries need to keep up with this trend and modernize its lending procedures for their digital products. READ MORE

  5. 9. Digital Publishing and its influences on litarcy

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för teknik och estetik

    Author : Tamara Rabitsch; [2014]
    Keywords : digitalisation; print media; publishing; e-book; enhanced book; literacy; multimodality;

    Abstract : Digital Publishing and its influences on literacy Thesis Essay In my thesis I analyse how digitalisation has influenced the publishing business, their products and its digitaliation’s effects on our reading habits, focusing especially on the literary development of children. The digitisation of printed media has caused immense changes for publishing companies, who see themselves forced to adapt to modern technologies and changing reading preferences of clients. READ MORE

  6. 10. The Leaf Project : E-Reading Platform Commercialization Plan

    University essay from KTH/Kommunikationssystem, CoS

    Author : George Khalil; [2011]
    Keywords : commercialization plan; e-book; publishing;

    Abstract : The publishing industry currently faces a re-birth due to the rise of Information Technology (IT),which has created new production and distribution channels. Paper is no longer the only form for publishing; tablets, e-reader, smart phones, and Personal Computer (PC) screens are gaining anincreasing market share. READ MORE