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Villanueva Prieto, Elisa (2016)

Inspiration, information: Libraries and Society in an age of change

Master thesis | Media Studies (MA)

The aim of this thesis paper is to understand the change in the relationship between libraries and society as part of the effects of today’s changes in technology, to analyze how this change is a reflection of how the very structure of information is being altered by the ways it is conveyed through digital platforms, and to trace its social impact. We are a culture of the book, the way we perceive and interact with the world has been shaped by the implications of print culture, and now this way is being transformed by the implications of digital culture. The different properties attributed to digital technologies enable people to have a more active and significant role in the construction of knowledge in culture.

Library

Society

Digital Media

Participation

Library 2.0

Users

Author

Villanueva Prieto, Elisa

Faculty

Faculty of Humanities

Specialisation

Book and Digital Media Studies

Supervisors

Weel, Adriaan van der

ECTS Credits

20

Language

en