10 Challenges for Scholars Writing for Wider Audiences
Posted June 7, 2017
External Article: Inside Higher Ed
Ian Bogost, professor in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication, wrote “10 Challenges for Scholars Writing for Wider Audiences” for Inside Higher Ed
Excerpt:
For four years we’ve been editing a crossover series of books and essays called Object Lessons. The idea is simple: authors choose an object to write about -- say, refrigerators or fruit wax -- and then illuminate a lesson about its hidden role in historical and contemporary life.
There’s a yawning gap between academic writing and popular, hot-take journalism. Scholars fancy that they cover important, current topics, but they do so in styles and venues that reach only narrow audiences. And yet there has never been a better time for academics to reach the public directly, and in ways that are compatible with their professional contexts and goals.
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