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]
