TY  - BOOK
AU  - Poe,Marshall Tillbrook
TI  - A history of communications: media and society from the evolution of speech to the Internet 
SN  - 9780521179447 (pbk.)
AV  - P 90 P743h 2011
U1  - 302.209 
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Cambridge, New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Communication
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Digital media
KW  - Comunicación
KW  - Aspectos sociales
KW  - Medios digitales
KW  - Información digital
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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
N2  - "Communications and Humanity advances a new 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"--Provided by publisher
ER  -