Media Technology and Society: A History : from the Telegraph to the InternetPsychology Press, 1998 - 374 pagina's Winston's account examines the role played by individuals such as Alexander Graham Bell, Gugliemo Marconi, John Logie Baird and Boris Rozing, in the development of the telephone, radio and television, and Charles Babbage, whose design for a "universal analytic engine" was a forerunner of the modern computer. He examines why some prototypes are abandoned, and why many "inventions" are created simultaneously by innovators unaware of each other's existence, and shows how new industries develop around these inventions, providing media products to a mass audience. The book seeks to challenge the popular myth of a present-day "information revolution", and should be of interest to those interested in the social impact of technological change. |
Inhoudsopgave
Modelling change | 3 |
Invention | 9 |
PART I | 17 |
Before the speaking telephone 30 339 | 30 |
The capture of sound | 51 |
Wireless and radio | 67 |
Mechanically scanned television | 88 |
Electronically scanned television | 100 |
Networks and recording technologies | 261 |
Communications satellites | 276 |
The satellite era | 295 |
Cable television | 305 |
The Internet | 321 |
The pile of debris from the Boulevard | 337 |
Notes | 343 |
88 | 346 |
Overige edities - Alles bekijken
Media,Technology and Society: A History: From the Telegraph to the Internet Brian Winston Gedeeltelijke weergave - 2002 |
Media,Technology and Society: A History: From the Telegraph to the Internet Brian Winston Gedeeltelijke weergave - 2002 |
Media Technology and Society: A History : from the Telegraph to the Internet Brian Winston Gedeeltelijke weergave - 1998 |
Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
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