The ascent of media
Subtitle: from Gilgamesh to Google via Gutenberg
By: Roger Parry
Publisher: Nicholas Brealey Pub.
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 406
ISBN-13: 9781857885705
Subjects: Mass media; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [388]-401) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Media's building blocks; title: Evolution. The media journey; title: Theatre; title: Books; title: Pictures; title: Posters; title: Postal systems; title: Newspapers; title: Magazines; title: Comics; title: Telegraph; title: Telephone; title: Records; title: Radio; title: Cinema; title: Television; title: Video games; title: Web; title: Future. Everything that went before and more.