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Unique Emotional Attachment to Analog Books Over Digital Alternatives

Cela, Mark Angelo
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1785-8076
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1524777659842907

Abstract Details

2018, Master of Fine Arts, Miami University, Art.
Since Apple introduced the first widely-adopted smartphone in 2007 and tablet in 2010, books have undergone a transformation. Entire home libraries may be digitally stored on personal media devices such as Amazon Kindles or iPads, which may be physically no larger than a single trade paperback. While e-books were regarded as revolutionary at their inception, many bibliophiles have rejected digital formats in favor of keeping physical books. Since 2015 e-book adoption has fallen behind hardcover book sales in several Western countries. A format that was once heralded as the death knell for paper books is now struggling to compete with them. This research examines why people are so uniquely attached to physical books when there are seemingly progressive digital alternatives. The answers relate to how humans view objects, and how they perceive them as inherently possessing meaning. Bibliophiles view physical books as objects that represent memories of places, times, and relationships in addition to the content of the book. Additionally, the research examines how publishers could design e-books to facilitate the types of attachment and memory-making so closely associated with physical books. Bibliophiles reject current e-books because they possess no physical or digital properties that have memory-making permanence.
Dennis Cheatham (Advisor)
Erin Beckloff (Committee Member)
Eric Hodgson (Committee Member)
48 p.
Design
attachment; books; e-books, emotional attachment; analog books; physical books; e-book reader; ebook; ebook reader; attachment to books; attachment to physical books; attachment to analog books;

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  • Cela, M. A. (2018). Unique Emotional Attachment to Analog Books Over Digital Alternatives [Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1524777659842907

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Cela, Mark. Unique Emotional Attachment to Analog Books Over Digital Alternatives. 2018. Miami University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1524777659842907.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Cela, Mark. "Unique Emotional Attachment to Analog Books Over Digital Alternatives." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1524777659842907

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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