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A History of Communications : Media and Society from the Evolution of Speech to the Internet

By Poe , Marshall T.

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2011
ISBN
9780511990892
LCC
HM1206
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1348088 bytes)
Pages
351\351
Orientation
yes
Paginated
yes
Scanned
portrait
Time added
2015-07-10 20:19:16
Communication Social aspects Digital media

Description

A History of Communications advances a theory of media that explains the origins and impact of different forms of communication - speech, writing, print, electronic devices and the Internet - on human history in the long term. New media are 'pulled' into widespread use by broad historical trends and these media, once in widespread use, 'push' social institutions and beliefs in predictable directions. This view allows us to see for the first time what is truly new about the Internet, what is not, and where it is taking us.

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