A History of Communications

Media and Society from the Evolution of Speech to the Internet

Nonfiction, History, World History, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science
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Author: Marshall T. Poe ISBN: 9780511994098
Publisher: Cambridge University Press Publication: December 6, 2010
Imprint: Cambridge University Press Language: English
Author: Marshall T. Poe
ISBN: 9780511994098
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication: December 6, 2010
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Language: English

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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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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