A history of communications : media and society from the evolution of speech to the Internet / Marshall T. Poe.

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Poe, Marshall

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.Description: 1 online resource (xi, 337 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780511992896
0511992890
0511989105
9780511989100
9780511976919
0511976917
0511994095
9780511994098
1107220998
9781107220997
1283055457
9781283055451
9786613055453
661305545X
0511991886
9780511991882
0511987315
9780511987311
0511990898
9780511990892

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: History of communications.DDC classification:

302.209 22

LOC classification:

HM1206 .P64 2011eb

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Contents:

Introduction : media causes and effects -- Homo loquens : Humanity in the age of speech -- 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.

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"--Provided by publisher

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"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"--Provided by publisher