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

By Brian Winston

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
1998
ISBN
0415142296, 9780415142298, 041514230X, 9780415142304, 0203024370, 9780203024379
LCC
P96.T42 W49 1998
Google Books ID
TZOF_1GZRmYC
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1525066 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
389\389
Scanned
no
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07
Журналистика;История журналистики

Description

Challenging the popular myth of a present-day "information revolution", Media Technology and Society is essential reading for anyone interested in the social impact of technological change. Winston argues that the development of new media forms, from the telegraph and the telephone to computers, satellite and virtual reality, is the product of a constant play-off between social necessity and suppression: the unwritten law by which new technologies are introduced into society only insofar as their disruptive potential is limited.

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