A social history of the media : from Gutenberg to the Internet / Asa Briggs and Peter Burke.

By:

Briggs, Asa, 1921-2016

Contributor(s):

Burke, Peter, 1937-

Material type:

TextPublication details: Cambridge ; Malden : Polity, 2009.Edition: 3rd edDescription: 346 p. ; 25 cmISBN:

9780745644950

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

302.23

Contents:

Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. Printing in its contexts -- Ch. 3. The media and the public sphere in Early Modern Europe -- Ch. 4. Technologies and revolutions -- Ch. 5. New processes and patterns -- Ch. 6. Information, education, entertainment -- Ch. 7. Media convergences -- Ch. 8. In and out of cyberspace.

Summary: Increased space is given to the exciting media developments of the early 21st Century, including in particular the rise of social and participatory media and the globalization of media. Additionally, new and important research is incorporated into the classic material exploring the continuing importance of oral and manuscript communication, the rise of print and the relationship between physical transportation and social communication.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Barcode
Books	Marbella International University Centre Library	302.23 BRI soc (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	10055

Includes index.

Ch. 1. Introduction --
Ch. 2. Printing in its contexts --
Ch. 3. The media and the public sphere in Early Modern Europe --
Ch. 4. Technologies and revolutions --
Ch. 5. New processes and patterns --
Ch. 6. Information, education, entertainment --
Ch. 7. Media convergences --
Ch. 8. In and out of cyberspace.

Increased space is given to the exciting media developments of the early 21st Century, including in particular the rise of social and participatory media and the globalization of media. Additionally, new and important research is incorporated into the classic material exploring the continuing importance of oral and manuscript communication, the rise of print and the relationship between physical transportation and social communication.

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