Media technology and society : a history : from the telegraph to the Internet

Media technology and society : a history : from the telegraph to the Internet / Brian Winston.

How are new media born? How do they change? And how do they change us? This work reports on the history of communication technologies, from the printing press to the Internet, and seeks to challenge the myth of an 'information revolution'.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Winston, Brian
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 1998.
Subjects:
Mass media > Technological innovations > History.
Communication > Technological innovations > History.
Communication > Social aspects.
Mass media > Social aspects.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Media Studies.
Communication > Social aspects
Communication > Technological innovations
Mass media > Social aspects
Mass media > Technological innovations
Geschichte
Informationstechnik
Sozialer Wandel
Gesellschaft
Elektronische Medien
Kommunikationstechnik
Massamedia.
Computers.
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Click for online access
Description
Summary:How are new media born? How do they change? And how do they change us? This work reports on the history of communication technologies, from the printing press to the Internet, and seeks to challenge the myth of an 'information revolution'.
Item Description:Revised edition of: Misunderstanding media. 1986.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiv, 374 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-360) and index.
ISBN:0203024370
9780203024379
9781134766338
1134766335
9786610331826
6610331820
9781134766284
1134766289
9781134766321
1134766327
1280331828
9781280331824
Language:English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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