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9781107004351

A History of Communications: Media and Society from the Evolution of Speech to the Internet

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    9781107004351

  • ISBN10:

    1107004357

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2010-12-31
  • Publisher: Textstream

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Summary

Communications and Humanity advances a new 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.

Table of Contents

Introduction: media causes and effects
Homo loquens: humanity in the age of speech and memory
Homo scriptor: humanity in the age of manuscripts
Homo lector: humanity in the age of print
Homo videns: humanity in the age of the audio-visual media
Homo somnians: humanity in the age of Internet
Conclusion: the media and human well-being
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