Følg rytmen, siger dem med en tone i livet. Det er sværere end som så. For rytme svæver frit i luften, indtil vi sanser den. Manglende rytmesans betyder dog ikke, at vi skal føle os ude af takt med omverdenen. Ifølge Birgitte Stougaard Pedersen, Aarhus Universitets træfsikre rytmeekspert, er rytme meget mere end gentagelser i musik. Rytmer er overalt, de påvirker vores måde at opfatte livet på og opstår i mødet mellem begivenheder, tid og energi. Derfor former rytme både samfund og kropsli...

Audiobooks are rapidly gaining popularity with widely accessible digital downloading and streaming services. This book engages with the digital form of audiobooks, framing audiobook listening as both a remediation of literature and an everyday activity that creates new reading experiences that can be compared to listening to music or the radio. Have and Stougaard Pedersen challenge the historical notion that audiobook listening is a compensatory activity or a second-rate reading experience...

This volume offers a critical overview of digital reading practices and scholarly efforts to analyze and understand reading in the mediatized landscape. Building on research about digital reading, born-digital literature, and digital audiobooks, The Digital Reading Condition explores reading as part of a broader cultural shift encompassing many forms of media and genres.Bringing together research from media and literary studies, digital humanities, scholarship on reading a...