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

Poe, Marshall
Call Number
302.209
Author
Poe, Marshall, author.
Title
A history of communications : media and society from the evolution of speech to the Internet / Marshall T. Poe.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xi, 337 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Notes
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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 audiovisual media -- Homo somnians : humanity in the age of Internet -- Conclusion : the media and human well-being.
Summary
A History of Communications advances a 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.
Subject
Communication Social aspects.
Digital media Social aspects.
Multimedia
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Summary
A History of Communications advances a 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.
Notes
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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 audiovisual media -- Homo somnians : humanity in the age of Internet -- Conclusion : the media and human well-being.
Subject
Communication Social aspects.
Digital media Social aspects.
Multimedia