Revolutions in communication
Subtitle: media history from Gutenberg to the digital age
By: Bill Kovarik
Publisher: Continuum International Pub. Group; Continuum
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 367
ISBN-13: 9781441194954; 9781441114600
Subjects: Communication; Mass media; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The printing revolution, 1455 to 1814; title: The commercial and industrial media revolution, 1814-1900; title: Print media in the 20th and 21st centuries; title: Photography : giving vision to history; title: Motion pictures, dream factories, and popcorn palaces; title: Advertising, public relations, and the crafted image; title: The first electronic revolution : telegraph and telephone; title: Radio : the electronic hearth; title: Television : a new window on the world; title: The advent of computers; title: Networks; title: Global digital media culture.