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Empire of the Word Part 4: The Future of Reading
Wednesday, December 16 2009 8:00 PM

Debate: Reading and Technology

The Debate: Debate: Reading and Technology

Will advances in technology close the chapter on traditional books? The Technological Revolution and the way we read: Part 4 of our look at Empire of the Word.

Guests

Cynthia Good is the Director of the Creative Book Publishing Program at the Humber Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning, and the former President and Publisher of Penguin Canada.

Keith Oatley is a psychologist at the University of Toronto. He also writes fiction while researching how reading literature affects us. For more information see Keith Oatley's homepage.

Mark Federman is a researcher at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto. Read his blog at: whatisthemessage.blogspot.com.

Bob Stein is founder and Co-Director of The Institute for the Future of the Book, and founder of The Voyager Company.

Bill Buxton is the Principal Researcher for Microsoft Research. For more information see billbuxton.com.

Producers

Wodek Szemberg is a senior producer on The Agenda with Steve Paikin. He is also producer of Big Ideas and the Best Lecturer Competition. Follow Wodek on Twitter.

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