Description |
560 pages ; 29 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-406) and index. |
Contents |
Introduction -- Writing: holding thought in our hands -- Printing: reproducing information -- Extending reading -- Mail: hauling information -- Telegraph and telephone wires: removing distance -- Photography: capturing the eye -- Motion pictures: sharing emotions -- Recording: capturing the ear -- Radio: hearing voices -- Television: leaning back -- Computers and the Internet: leaning forward -- Playing video games -- Being persuasive -- Crossing boundaries -- On mediated communication. |
Subject |
Mass media -- History.
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Mass media. |
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History. |
ISBN |
9781933011905 |
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1933011904 |
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