A social history of the media : from Gutenberg to the Internet /
Briggs, Asa, 1921-2016
A social history of the media : from Gutenberg to the Internet / Asa Briggs and Peter Burke. - 3rd ed. - Cambridge, UK ; Malden, MA : Polity, 2010. - viii, 346 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.
Reprint. Originally published: 2009.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-330) and index.
List of Illustrations Preface 1 Introduction 2 Printing in its Contexts 3 The Media and the Public Sphere in Early Modern Europe 4 Technologies and Revolutions 5 New Processes and Patterns 6 Information, Education, Entertainment 7 Media Convergences 8 In and Out of Cyberspace Chronology Further Reading
Presents an overview of communication media and of the social and cultural contexts within which they emerged and evolved over time. This book describes media developments of the early 21st Century, including in particular the rise of social and participatory media and the globalization of media.
9780745644950 (pbk.) 0745644953 (pbk.)
Mass media--History.
Mass media--Social aspects.
Mass media--Economic aspects.
Historia de los medios de comunicación
Medios de comunicación de masas --Aspectos sociales
P 90 / B854s 2010
302.2309
A social history of the media : from Gutenberg to the Internet / Asa Briggs and Peter Burke. - 3rd ed. - Cambridge, UK ; Malden, MA : Polity, 2010. - viii, 346 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.
Reprint. Originally published: 2009.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-330) and index.
List of Illustrations Preface 1 Introduction 2 Printing in its Contexts 3 The Media and the Public Sphere in Early Modern Europe 4 Technologies and Revolutions 5 New Processes and Patterns 6 Information, Education, Entertainment 7 Media Convergences 8 In and Out of Cyberspace Chronology Further Reading
Presents an overview of communication media and of the social and cultural contexts within which they emerged and evolved over time. This book describes media developments of the early 21st Century, including in particular the rise of social and participatory media and the globalization of media.
9780745644950 (pbk.) 0745644953 (pbk.)
Mass media--History.
Mass media--Social aspects.
Mass media--Economic aspects.
Historia de los medios de comunicación
Medios de comunicación de masas --Aspectos sociales
P 90 / B854s 2010
302.2309