New publication out today in Book History, "Farm to Table Reading: Industrial Agriculture and Media Materiality in the Twentieth Century." This one is about how some inventors and entrepreneurs aimed to make cornstalks replace trees as the primary raw materials from which to manufacture paper to print newspapers.
I was very happy this weekend to see Frank Romano's kind words about my book:
https://whattheythink.com/video/120019-franks-dead-tree/
I never worked in printing or papermaking and it is gratifying to hear that those who did find some value in my research. And Frank ends with a sentiment that I share: "I miss newsprint, I miss newspapers, and I miss, more than anything else, the truth."
Very nice review of Dead Tree Media by Frank Romano of the amazing Museum of Printing:
New publication announcement:
"What we can learn from books in the digital age," in Studies in Communication Sciences.
https://doi.org/10.24434/j.scoms.2023.03.3688
What do kenaf and soybeans have to do with print media? Innovative manufacturers have used these materials to make paper and ink to print books about the environment.
This article highlights three books aiming in form and content to model sustainable media production.
Open access!
Pleased to announce the publication of my article, "The International Materiality of Domestic Information: The Geopolitics of Newsprint During World War II and the Cold War," in The International History Review.
https://doi.org/10.1080/07075332.2021.2011371
The piece traces global newsprint flows in the mid-20th century and shows the importance of US-Canada relations to them. For many people, being an informed citizen meant relying on foreign trade in newsprint.
In the first half of the twentieth century, as newspapers were the most important means of communicating information about current events, Canada became the world’s leading producer of newsprint. I...
Michael Stamm
