Ted Striphas
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Theodore G. Striphas is an American academic and author of The Late Age of Print.
Born in Goshen, New York,[1] Striphas received his PhD from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.[2] He is currently a Professor and Chair of Media Studies in the College of Media, Communication and Information[3] at the University of Colorado Boulder.[4] Striphas additionally serves as affiliate faculty in Information Science at the University of Colorado Boulder.[5] He is the co-editor of the journal Cultural Studies.
The Late Age of Print
The Late Age of Print is Striphas's best-known and best-selling work, published by Columbia University Press.[6] The book discusses technological innovations in printing and publishing, such as Google's book scanning and Amazon's Kindle.[7] In addition, The Late Age of Print discusses the inevitability of the Borders bankruptcy and subsequent closure.[8] The book has received generally positive reviews from The Guardian and other sources.[9]
Striphas's blog continues discussion of the critical and technological issues raised in The Late Age of Print. The blog has received praise from Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and other sources.[10]
