Brian Winston

Media Technology and Society

A History From the Printing Press to the Superhighway

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Produktbeschreibung

How are new media born? How do they change? And how do they change us? Media Technology and Society offers a comprehensive account of the history of communications technologies, from the printing press to the internet.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 392
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. September 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 721g
• ISBN-13: 9781138130678
• ISBN-10: 1138130672
• Artikelnr.: 44116212

Autorenporträt

Brian Winston

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: The Storm from Paradise: Technological Innovation, Diffusion
and Suppression: Part One: Propogating Sound at Considerable Distance 1.
The Telegraph: The First Electrical Medium 2. Before the Speaking Telephone
3. The Capture of Sound Part Two: The Vital Spark & Fugitive Pictures 4.
Wireless and Radio 5. Mechanically Scanned Television 6. Electronically
Scanned Television 7. Television Spin-Offs and Redundancies Part Three:
Device for Casting Up Sums Very Pretty 8. Mechanising Calculation 9. The
First Computers 10. Suppressing the Mainframes 11. The Integrated Circuit
12. The Coming of the Microcomputer Part Four: The Intricate Web of Trails
13. The Beginnings of Networks 14. Networks & Recording Technologies 15.
Communications Satellites 16. The Satellite Era 17. Cable Television 18.
The Internet Conclusion: The Pile of Debris From the Boulevard des Capucins
to the Leningradsky Prospect