DIGITAL PLENITUDE
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References

Jay David Bolter. The Digital Plenitude: The Decline of Elite Culture and the Rise of New Media (MIT Press, 2019).  

This is a selected reference list including all the references in the book that are sourced from web sites. You can access all these by following the links below. 
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Kirkpatrick, D., and D. Sanger. 2011. “A Tunisian-Egyptian Link That Shook Arab History.” New York Times, February 13. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/14/world/middleeast/14egypt-tunisia-protests.html?_r=1&.

Klein, E. 2016. “Elon Musk Believes We Are Probably Characters in Some Advanced Civilization’s Video Game.” Vox, June 2. https://www.vox.com/2016/6/2/11837608/

Kozinin, A. 2011. “Don’t Scowl, Beethoven, You’re Loved.” New York Times, December 18. https://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/19/books/beethoven-in-america-by-michael-broyles-review.html.

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This site is a companion to The Digital Plenitude: The Decline of Elite Culture and the Rise of New Media (MIT Press, 2019).  

Contact Jay David Bolter at jdbolter@icloud.com
  • Home
  • Chapters
    • Introduction
    • 1. The Great Divide
    • 2. Popular Modernism
    • 3. DIchotomies
    • 4. Catharsis
    • 5. Flow
    • 6. Remix
    • 7. Procedurality
    • 8. Social Media
    • Conclusion
    • References
  • Additional texts
    • Books in the Plenitude
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