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- catalog abstract "How are new media born? How do they change? And how do they change us? This work reports on the history of communication technologies, from the printing press to the Internet, and seeks to challenge the myth of an 'information revolution'.".
- catalog contributor b10710278.
- catalog contributor b10710279.
- catalog created "1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1998.".
- catalog description "How are new media born? How do they change? And how do they change us? This work reports on the history of communication technologies, from the printing press to the Internet, and seeks to challenge the myth of an 'information revolution'.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 343-360) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction: A storm from paradise -- technological innovation, diffusion and suppression -- pt. I. Propagating sound at considerable distances. 1. The telegraph. 2. Before the speaking telephone. 3. The capture of sound -- pt. II. The vital spark and fugitive pictures. 4. Wireless and radio. 5. Mechanically scanned television. 6. Electronically scanned television. 7. Television spin-offs and redundancies -- pt. III. Inventions for casting up sums very pretty. 8. Mechanising calculation. 9. The first computers. 10. Suppressing the main frames. 11. The integrated circuit. 12. The coming of the microcomputer -- pt. IV. The intricate web of trails, this grand system. 13. The beginnings of networks. 14. Networks and recording technologies. 15. Communications satellites. 16. The satellite era. 17. Cable television. 18. The Internet -- Conclusion: The pile of debris -- from the Boulevard des Capucins to the Leningradsky Prospect.".
- catalog extent "xiv, 374 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0415142296 (alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "041514230X (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "London ; New York : Routledge,".
- catalog subject "302.23 21".
- catalog subject "Communication Social aspects.".
- catalog subject "Communication Technological innovations History.".
- catalog subject "Mass media Social aspects.".
- catalog subject "Mass media Technological innovations History.".
- catalog subject "P96.T42 W49 1998".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction: A storm from paradise -- technological innovation, diffusion and suppression -- pt. I. Propagating sound at considerable distances. 1. The telegraph. 2. Before the speaking telephone. 3. The capture of sound -- pt. II. The vital spark and fugitive pictures. 4. Wireless and radio. 5. Mechanically scanned television. 6. Electronically scanned television. 7. Television spin-offs and redundancies -- pt. III. Inventions for casting up sums very pretty. 8. Mechanising calculation. 9. The first computers. 10. Suppressing the main frames. 11. The integrated circuit. 12. The coming of the microcomputer -- pt. IV. The intricate web of trails, this grand system. 13. The beginnings of networks. 14. Networks and recording technologies. 15. Communications satellites. 16. The satellite era. 17. Cable television. 18. The Internet -- Conclusion: The pile of debris -- from the Boulevard des Capucins to the Leningradsky Prospect.".
- catalog title "Media technology and society : a history : from the telegraph to the Internet / Brian Winston.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".