Social History of the Media : From Gutenberg to the Internet

by Briggs, Asa; Burke, Peter

• ISBN13: 9780745644950
• ISBN10: 0745644953
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-03-08
• Publisher: Polity Pr

Summary

Written by two leading social and cultural historians, the first editions of A Social History of the Media became classic textbooks, providing a masterful overview of communication media and of the social and cultural contexts within which they emerged and evolved over time.

Author Biography

Asa Briggs, formerly Provost of Worcester College, Oxford and Chancellor of the Open University

Peter Burke, Professor Emeritus of Cultural History of Cambridge University

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	p. vi
Preface	p. viii
Introduction	p. 1
Printing in its Contexts	p. 13
The Media and the Public Sphere in Early Modern Europe	p. 61
Technologies and Revolutions	p. 91
New Processes and Patterns	p. 121
Information, Education, Entertainment	p. 179
Media Convergences	p. 237
In and Out of Cyberspace	p. 275
Chronology	p. 303
Further Reading	p. 315
Index	p. 331
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