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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 392
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. September 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 752g
• 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

Rezensionen

'[Winston's] breadth of experience is evident in this thorough and lucid history The scope of the material and the detail presented in 300 information-rich pages plus some 250 references is impressive Winston not only picks out the key 'facts' about a period or a technology, but what is more difficult, manages to tell the truth about what was going on at the time' - John Ashford, Journal of Documentation, Volume 55

'Anyone seriously interested in the field is likely to find much of interest, and to retain the history as a reference for use when presented with dubious 'facts' by enthusiasts of the new technologies This is recommended reading.' - John Ashford, Journal of Documentation, Volume 55