Communication in History : Technology, Culture, Society

by Crowley, David; Heyer, Paul

• ISBN13: 9780205483884
• ISBN10: 0205483887
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-01-01
• Publisher: Allyn & Bacon

Summary

Communication in Historyrs"s outstanding selection of readings from classic and contemporary sources gives an extensive overview of the most important ideas in the field. Encompassing topics as wide-ranging as the role of printing in the rise of the modern state and the role of the Internet in the Information Age, this anthology reveals how media have been influential both in maintaining social order and as powerful agents of change. Revised with new readings for the fifth edition, Communication in History continues to be, as one reviewer wrote, "the only text in the sea of History of Mass Communication texts that introduces students to a more expansive, intellectually enlivening study of the relationship between human history and communication history." New to This Edition bull; bull;Includes two new entries on radio that enhance student srs" understanding of the role of radio networks and advertisers in the 1930s and 1940s, and explore radiors"s transformation following the rise of television bull; bull;Enriches coverage of digital communication and new media to make the text more up-to-date and a better guide for assessing contemporary technological change bull; bull;Adds an entry on communication and monastic culture in the Middle Ages, further expanding the textrs"s history coverage and giving students insight into the impact of communication and culture in this time period bull; bull;Revisits the classic encounter between two preeminent media critics, Camille Paglia and the late Neil Postman bull; bull;Enriches coverage of early writing with a new piece by Denise Schmandt-Besserat that reinterprets previous archeological finds Praise for Communication in History "There are a number of competitors, but none really do what this does, which is to deal with communication through history without overemphasizing the current media. Most of the history books are industry centered. This book is communication centeredhellip; and that is commendable." Daniel G. McDonald, The Ohio State University

Table of Contents

Foreword	xi
Preface	xv
PART I The Media of Early Civilization	1	(42)
The Art and Symbols of Ice Age Man, Alexander Marshack	5	(9)
The Earliest Precursor of Writing, Denise Schmandt-Besserat	14	(9)
Media in Ancient Empires, Harold Innis	23	(7)
Civilization without Writing---The Incas and the Quipu, Marcia Ascher and Robert Ascher	30	(6)
The Origins of Writing, Andrew Robinson	36	(7)
PART II The Tradition of Western Literacy	43	(38)
The Alphabet, Johanna Drucker	46	(9)
The Greek Legacy, Eric Havelock	55	(6)
Writing and the Alphabet Effect, Robert K. Logan	61	(5)
Orality, Literacy, and Modern Media, Walter Ong	66	(7)
Communication and Faith in the Middle Ages, James Burke and Robert Ornstein	73	(8)
PART III The Print Revolution	81	(36)
Paper and Block Printing---From China to Europe, Thomas F. Carter	85	(6)
The Invention of Printing, Lewis Mumford	91	(4)
The Rise of the Reading Public, Elizabeth Eisenstein	95	(9)
Early Modern Literacies, Harvey J. Graff	104	(9)
The Trade in News, John B. Thompson	113	(4)
PART IV Electricity Creates the Wired World	117	(40)
The Optical Telegraph, Daniel Headrick	121	(9)
Telegraphy---The Victorian Internet, Tom Standage	130	(6)
The New Journalism, Michael Schudson	136	(7)
The Telephone Takes Command, Claude S. Fischer	143	(7)
Time, Space, and the Telegraph, James W. Carey	150	(7)
PART V Image Technologies and the Emergence of Mass Society	157	(46)
Early Photojournalism, Ulrich Keller	161	(8)
Dream Worlds of Consumption, Rosalynd Williams	169	(7)
Early Motion Pictures, Daniel Czitrom	176	(8)
Movies Talk, Scott Eyman	184	(6)
Mass Media and the Star System, Jib Fowles	190	(7)
Advertising and the Idea of Mass Society, Jackson Lears	197	(6)
PART VI Radio Days	203	(38)
Wireless World, Stephen Kern	207	(3)
Early Radio, Susan J. Douglas	210	(7)
The Golden Age of Programming, Christopher Sterling and John M. Kittross	217	(6)
Radio Voices, Michele Hilmes	223	(7)
Radio in the Television Age, Peter Fornatale and Joshna E. Mills	230	(4)
Understanding Radio, Marshall McLuhan	234	(7)
PART VII TV Times	241	(56)
Television Begins, William Boddy	244	(10)
The New Languages, Edmund Carpenter	254	(5)
Making Room for TV, Lynn Spigel	259	(9)
The Sixties Counterculture on TV, Aniko Bodroghkozy	268	(8)
Television Transforms the News, Mitchell Stephens	276	(7)
Two Cultures---Television versus Print, Neil Postman and Camille Paglia	283	(14)
PART VIII New Media and Old in the Information Age	297	(40)
The Control Revolution, James Beniger	301	(10)
The Social Shape of Electronics, Ruth Schwartz Cowen	311	(8)
How Media Became New, Lev Manovich	319	(4)
Popularizing the Internet, Janet Abbate	323	(5)
The World Wide Web, Jay David Bolter and Richard Grusin	328	(9)
Suggested Readings	337	(3)
Credits	340	(3)
Index	343