%% [[Writing Philosophy]] [[History of Writing]] [[digital]] [[Hypertext]] %% [[Writing Philosophy with Hypertext]] - [[A Brief History of Writing]] - [[History of Writing I The Alphabet]] - [[History of Writing II Printing]] - **[[History of Writing III Digitization]]** # History of Writing III Digitization - Computing machines have a long history dating back at least to the Renaissance, while the modern digital computer was developed in the 20th century. - But the rise of digital writing had to wait for the invention of personal computers with word processing software in the late 1970's and 80's. - Digitization transforms writing by introducing: - Making the storage and dissemination of texts much more practical. - WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) work processors that fluidly incorporates editing as a part of the and writing process. - New forms of textual organization such as hypertext. ## References - Hartley J., Tynjälä P. (2001) "New Technology, Writing And Learning". In: Tynjälä P., Mason L., Lonka K. (eds) _Writing as a Learning Tool. Studies in Writing, vol 7_. Springer, Dordrecht, pp. 161-182. - Biers 2013, Virtual Modernism - Writing and Technology in the Progressive Era