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

ISBN-13: 9780521179447 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 352 str.

Marshall Poe

Opis

A History of Communications 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."

Recenzje

'The ambition and sweep of Marshall Poe's analysis of media make it different from anything else I have read on the topic. Many modern 'consumers' of media, in all its forms, have a vague sense that technological advances are altering their sense of the world in ways they can't fully appreciate in real time. Poe's book is a big advance in helping citizens understand the opportunities and problems the new media landscape offers.' James Fallows, The Atlantic

Spis treści

Introduction: media causes and effects; 1. Homo loquens: humanity in the age of speech and memory; 2. Homo scriptor: humanity in the age of manuscripts; 3. Homo lector: humanity in the age of print; 4. Homo videns: humanity in the age of the audio-visual media; 5. Homo somnians: humanity in the age of Internet; Conclusion: the media and human well-being.