N. Katherine Hayles Born : December 16, 1943 Browse All Authors Top 4 quotes by N. Katherine Hayles We should not see print and electronic literature as in competition, but rather in conversation. The more voices that join in, the richer the dialogue is likely to be. N. Katherine Hayles competition voice literature First they use technology to poison the planet, then they develop it further to escape from the planet they have poisoned. N. Katherine Hayles technology poison use Lulled into somnolence by five hundred years of print, literary studies have been slow to wake up to the importance of MSA (media-specific analysis). Literary criticism and theory are shot through with unrecognized assumptions specific to print. Only now, as the new medium of electronic textuality vibrantly asserts its presence, are these assumptions clearly coming into view. N. Katherine Hayles media views years Deep attention, the cognitive style traditionally associated with the humanities, is characterized by concentrating on a single object for long periods (say, a novel by Dickens), ignoring outside stimuli while so engaged, preferring a single information stream, and having a high tolerance for long focus times. Hyper attention is characterized by switching focus rapidly among different tasks, preferring multiple information streams, seeking a high level of stimulation, and having a low tolerance for boredom. N. Katherine Hayles boredom focus long
