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ISBN: 0415142296

ISBN13: 9780415142298

Media Technology and Society: A History: From the Telegraph to the Internet

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By Brian Winston

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Book Overview

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.

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0415142296

ISBN13:9780415142298

Release Date:April 1998

Publisher:Routledge

Length:392 Pages

Weight:1.85 lbs.

Dimensions:1.1" x 6.5" x 9.3"

Related Subjects

Anthropology Arts, Music & Photography Business & Management Communication & Journalism Communication & Media Studies Cultural Engineering Future of Computing General Broadcasting History

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Rated 5 stars
Read the Back Cover, Folks

By Thriftbooks.com User, November 30, 2006

I loved this book. I first read it shortly after it was published, and since then it has stuck with me as the definitive and useful explanation for how and why media technologies are embraced by the general public. I'm writing largely because I find the two negative reviews annoying. Giving a book a bad rating solely because it didn't contain what you thought that it should contain is not useful to anyone. This book is a social...

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A Fantastic and Informative History of Technology

By Thriftbooks.com User, November 25, 2006

Very highly recommended for anyone with keen interest in the history of technology, society, and business. I love this book. Let me list a few of its many virtues: First and foremost, it is a learned and fascinating account of the history of many key technologies of the past two hundred years. It is rich with detail about the technologies, their invention process, the people involved and both the scientific and societal...

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EXCELLENT PIECE OF RESEARCH & ANALYSIS

By Thriftbooks.com User, November 30, 1999

This book won the 1998 Best Book Award by the American Association for History and Computing. It not only provides a comprehensive account of the history of electronic communications from telegraphy to the Internet, but also offers a model with which to understand the processes of change in the technologies of communication.The purpose of book is not only to explicate a fuller account of what actually occurred in the telecommunications...

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