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This title in other formats:Media Technology and Society: A History: From the Telegraph to the Internetby Brian Winston
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:How are media born? How do they change? And how do they change us?
"Media Technology and Society" offers a comprehensive account of the history of communications technologies, from the printing press to the internet. Brian Winston argues that the development of new media, 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. Winston's fascinating account examines the role played by individuals such as Alexander Graham Bell, Gugliemo Marconi, John Logie Baird, Boris Rozing and Charles Babbage, and challenges the popular myth of the present-day "information revolution." Book News Annotation:Offers a comprehensive account of the history of communications
technologies, from the point of view that the development of new
media is the product of a constant play-off between social necessity
and suppression. Challenges the concept of a revolution on
communications technology by highlighting the long histories of
developments such as the fax (introduced in 1847) and the idea of
television (patented in 1884). Examines why some prototypes are
abandoned and why many inventions are created simultaneously by
independent inventors, and shows how new industries develop around
inventions.
Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Synopsis:How are new media born? How do they change? And how do they change us? This work offers an account of the history of communication technologies, from the printing press to the Internet, and seeks to challenge the popular myth of a present-day "information revolution". Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. 343-360) and index. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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