Analysing the books in the series, we estimate that the reading level of Digital Renaissance: What Data and Economics Tell Us about the Future of Popular Culture is 11th and 12th grade.
Readability Test | Reading Level |
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Flesch Kincaid Scale | Grade 10 |
SMOG Index | Grade 12 |
Coleman Liau Index | Grade 11 |
Dale Chall Readability Score | Grade 5 |
The estimated word count of Digital Renaissance: What Data and Economics Tell Us about the Future of Popular Culture is 82,615 words.
A person reading at the average speed of 250 words/min, will finish the book in 5 hrs 31 mins. At a slower speed of 150 words/min, they will finish it in 9 hrs 11 mins. At a faster speed of 450 words/min, they will finish it in 3 hrs 4 mins.
Digital Renaissance: What Data and Economics Tell Us about the Future of Popular Culture - 82,615 words | ||
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Reading Speed | Time to Read | |
Slow | 150 words/min | 9 hrs 11 mins |
Average | 250 words/min | 5 hrs 31 mins |
Fast | 450 words/min | 3 hrs 4 mins |
for Digital Renaissance: What Data and Economics Tell Us about the Future of Popular Culture
How digital technology is upending the traditional creative industries―and why that might be a good thingThe digital revolution poses a mortal threat to the major creative industries―music, publishing, television, and the movies. The ease with which digital files can be copied and distributed has unleashed a wave of piracy with disastrous effects on revenue. Cheap, easy self-publishing is eroding the position of these gatekeepers and guardians of culture. Does this revolution herald the collapse of culture, as some commentators claim? Far from it. In Digital Renaissance, Joel Waldfogel argues that digital technology is enabling a new golden age of popular culture, a veritable digital renaissance.By reducing the costs of production, distribution, and promotion, digital technology is democratizing access to the cultural marketplace. More books, songs, television shows, and movies are being produced than ever before. Nor does this mean a tidal wave of derivative, poorly produced kitsch; analyzing decades of production and sales data, as well as bestseller and best-of lists, Waldfogel finds that the new digital model is just as successful at producing high-quality, successful work as the old industry model, and in many cases more so. The vaunted gatekeeper role of the creative industries proves to have been largely mythical. The high costs of production have stifled creativity in industries that require ever-bigger blockbusters to cover the losses on ever-more-expensive failures.Are we drowning in a tide of cultural silt, or living in a golden age for culture? The answers in Digital Renaissance may surprise you.