Theodore G. Striphas is an American academic and author of The Late Age of Print .
Striphas received his PhD from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. [1] He is currently an associate professor of Media Studies in the College of Media, Communication and Information at the University of Colorado Boulder [2]
The Late Age of Print is Striphas's best-known and best-selling work, published by Columbia University Press. [3] The book discusses technological innovations in printing and publishing, such as Google's book scanning and Amazon's Kindle. [4] In addition, The Late Age of Print discusses the inevitability of the Borders bankruptcy and subsequent closure. [5] The book has received generally positive reviews from The Guardian and other sources. [6]
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. [7]
He received the 2010 Book of the Year Award from the National Communication Association's Critical Cultural Studies Division for The Late Age of Print. [1]
