Irving Fang

A History of Mass Communication (eBook, PDF)

Six Information Revolutions

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Traces the common themes in the long and complex history of mass communication. This book shows how the means of communicating grew out of their eras, how they developed, how they influenced the societies of those eras, and how they have continued to exert their influence upon subsequent generations.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Februar 1997
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136046827
• Artikelnr.: 54084936

Autorenporträt

Fang, Irving

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments; What Are Information Revolutions?; Political Tools and Weapons; Writing: The Invention of Writing, Skin and Bones and Papyrus, The Alphabet, The Greeks, Carrying the Message; Printing: Turbulent Europe, Gift From China, Books and Universities, Mail in the Middle Ages, Here a New, There a New, Printing and Literacy, Did Gutenberg Know About China?; Mass Media: The Turmoil of a New Age, Printing For Everyone, Paper For Everyone, Information Pump, The Muckrakers, Women Can Type, 'If Anyone Desires' , Solving Postal Problems, Photography, Current News, Voices on a Wire, Signals in the Air, Movies Are Born; Entertainment: Public Recreation, Entertaining Newspapers, Magazines for the Fragmented Public, The Novel, Entertainment on a Plate, Portable Recording, Broadcasting, Improving Pictures, Movies Tell Stories; The Toolshed Home: The Communication Toolshed, Home Mail Delivery, New Uses for Phones, 'Free' Entertainment, Pictures in the Parlor, Tragedy in the Parlor, Wiring the Toolshed, Videotape, the New Book, Setting New Records, We Still Have Books; The Highway: Heavy Traffic, Computer at the Wheel, Magazines Target Their Readers, Multimedia CD-ROM, A Newer Book, Cable Narrowcasting, Footprints on the Globe, Electronic Commuting, The Internet, Mailbox in the Computer, Faxing, Going Up the Highway; Summing Up; Bibliography; Communication Timeline; Index.

Rezensionen

"Fang recounts all this easily and with a measure of suspense, like a superb newscaster and commentator. The text is meticulously researched and hence full of details, including anecdotes. But its richness is balanced by a narrative style and language that is concise, lucid, yet imaginative. And so Fang make his subject, which can be as "dry" as your garden in summer, a fascinating read. On the whole, it is not only an invaluable work in history, communication and society, but it has a great deal to recommend, not only to journalists or teachers, but to every book lover as well."
- Philippine Daily Inquirer