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

Type

Book

Authors

Brian Winston

ISBN 10

0415142296

ISBN 13

9780415142298

Tags

Internet, Groupware, & Telecommunications, General Broadcasting, Telecommunications & Sensors, Technology, Communication & Media Studies, Cultural, Sociology, Anthropology, Media Studies

Description

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. - from Amzon

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