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A Social History of The Media

Paperback • 2007 • English

A Social History of The Media: From Gutenberg to the Internet

By Asa Briggs, Peter Burke

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About the book

Asa Briggs and Peter Burke have written a fascinating and far-reaching history of the media Beginning with the Print Revolution and ending with the maturation of the Information Society, they not only tell the political, social and technological histories of each media, but also link them in such a way as to help us see overarching patterns and continuities. The end result is an engaging and intelligent investigation of five centuries of media and communications Susan Murray, New York Universit...Show more

Digital, video and new media arts
Internet and digital media: arts and performance
Cultural and media studies

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2007

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A Social History of The Media

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