Irving Fang

Alphabet to Internet (eBook, ePUB)

Media in Our Lives

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In Alphabet to Internet: Media in Our Lives, Irving Fang looks at each medium of communication through the centuries, asking not only, "What happened?" but also, "How did society change because of this new communication medium?" and, "How are we different as a result?"

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 392
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. November 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317616696
• Artikelnr.: 41836708

Autorenporträt

Irving Fang has been a journalist, teacher, author, and publisher. His career has included the Daily Times of Nigeria, Reuters, ABC News, and the University of Minnesota. He wrote the first book about television news skills and possibly the first doctoral dissertation ever printed by computer. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Adapting to Our Media Environment
1. Writing: Gathering Thought
2. Early Printing: Reaching More of Us
3. Mass Printing: Reaching Still More
4. Mail: The Snail That Could
5. Telegraph: Uniting the United States
6. Telephone: Reaching Without Touching
7. Recording: Beyoncé Sings Better Than Our Sister
8. Photography: Personal and So Much More
9. Silent Film: The Audiences
10. A Movie Century: Moving Us
11. Radio: Helping Us Through the Rough Years
12. Television: Pictures in Our Parlors
13. Computers: Beyond Calculation
14. The Internet: The World at Our Fingertips
15. Video Games: Leaning Forward
16. Persuasion: The Push Never Stops
17. Media Matter: Entwined in Human Life
Further Reading