The Resource Making Connections : Communication through the Ages
Making Connections : Communication through the Ages
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The item Making Connections : Communication through the Ages represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri-St. Louis Libraries.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
Resource Information
The item Making Connections : Communication through the Ages represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri-St. Louis Libraries.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- Meadow takes us on a Cook's tour of communication technologies across time_the alphabet and moveable type printing, cave drawings and carrier pigeons, telephones, television and, of course, the Internet. In each case, Meadow shows how these (and other devices) are connected to each other, even as they serve to make connections between people
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (382 pages)
- Contents
-
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Part 1: The Basics of Communication; 1. Background; Introduction; The Basic Questions; What is Communication?; What is Information?; What is a Medium?; How is Information Represented?; Was McLuhan Right-Is the Medium the Message?; Part 2: Telecommunication before Steam and Electricity; 2. Spoken Language and Sound Transmission; Introduction; Spoken Language; Sound-Based Technology; 3. Writing and Printing; Introduction; Pictures and Pictorial Writing; Alphabet; Other Languages
- Recording MediaThe Tools of Writing; Photography; The Effect of Writing on Civilization; 4. Visual Signaling; Introduction; Fire and Smoke; Flags, Semaphores, and Body Movements; 5. Transportation as Communication-1; Introduction; Animals and Roads; Muscle-Powered and Sailing Ships; Part 3: Steam, Internal Combustion, and Electricity; 6. Transportation as Communication-2; Introduction; Steam Power; Wingless Aircraft; Internal Combustion; 7. Telegraph; Introduction; Beginnings; Telegraphs Practical and Impractical; How it Works; Telegraphy Becomes a Business; Crossing the Oceans
- The Industry Goes Downhill8. Telephone; Introduction; In the Beginning was the Word; Sound and Electricity; How the Telephone Works; Telephone as a Business; New Developments; Part 4: Electronics; 9. Radio; Introduction; Beginnings; More Physics; Wireless Telegraphy; Radar; Radio Broadcasting; Social Effects of Radio Broadcasting; Newer Technologies; 10. Television; Introduction; Beginnings; Technicalities; The Developers; Broadcasting; New Developments in Television; Impact; 11. Communication Satellites; Introduction; The Nature of the Bird; History; Technicalities; Impact
- 12. The Internet and the Information HighwayIntroduction; Technicalities; Cost; History; Impact; Part 5: Looking Backward and Forward; 13. Summation and Projection; Introduction; Technologies that Accompanied Major Change; The Coming Changes; A Review of Principles that do not Change; 14. One Hundred Dates to Remember; Bibliography; Index; About the Author
- Isbn
- 9781461706915
- Label
- Making Connections : Communication through the Ages
- Title
- Making Connections
- Title remainder
- Communication through the Ages
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Meadow takes us on a Cook's tour of communication technologies across time_the alphabet and moveable type printing, cave drawings and carrier pigeons, telephones, television and, of course, the Internet. In each case, Meadow shows how these (and other devices) are connected to each other, even as they serve to make connections between people
- Action
- digitized
- Cataloging source
- EBLCP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Meadow, Charles T
- Dewey number
- 302.209
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- P90 .M363 2002
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Communication
- PSYCHOLOGY
- Communication
- Communicatie
- Kommunikation
- Kommunikationstechnik
- Label
- Making Connections : Communication through the Ages
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-351) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Part 1: The Basics of Communication; 1. Background; Introduction; The Basic Questions; What is Communication?; What is Information?; What is a Medium?; How is Information Represented?; Was McLuhan Right-Is the Medium the Message?; Part 2: Telecommunication before Steam and Electricity; 2. Spoken Language and Sound Transmission; Introduction; Spoken Language; Sound-Based Technology; 3. Writing and Printing; Introduction; Pictures and Pictorial Writing; Alphabet; Other Languages
- Recording MediaThe Tools of Writing; Photography; The Effect of Writing on Civilization; 4. Visual Signaling; Introduction; Fire and Smoke; Flags, Semaphores, and Body Movements; 5. Transportation as Communication-1; Introduction; Animals and Roads; Muscle-Powered and Sailing Ships; Part 3: Steam, Internal Combustion, and Electricity; 6. Transportation as Communication-2; Introduction; Steam Power; Wingless Aircraft; Internal Combustion; 7. Telegraph; Introduction; Beginnings; Telegraphs Practical and Impractical; How it Works; Telegraphy Becomes a Business; Crossing the Oceans
- The Industry Goes Downhill8. Telephone; Introduction; In the Beginning was the Word; Sound and Electricity; How the Telephone Works; Telephone as a Business; New Developments; Part 4: Electronics; 9. Radio; Introduction; Beginnings; More Physics; Wireless Telegraphy; Radar; Radio Broadcasting; Social Effects of Radio Broadcasting; Newer Technologies; 10. Television; Introduction; Beginnings; Technicalities; The Developers; Broadcasting; New Developments in Television; Impact; 11. Communication Satellites; Introduction; The Nature of the Bird; History; Technicalities; Impact
- 12. The Internet and the Information HighwayIntroduction; Technicalities; Cost; History; Impact; Part 5: Looking Backward and Forward; 13. Summation and Projection; Introduction; Technologies that Accompanied Major Change; The Coming Changes; A Review of Principles that do not Change; 14. One Hundred Dates to Remember; Bibliography; Index; About the Author
- Control code
- 851972416
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (382 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781461706915
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Reproduction note
- Electronic reproduction.
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)851972416
- System details
- Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
- Label
- Making Connections : Communication through the Ages
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-351) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Part 1: The Basics of Communication; 1. Background; Introduction; The Basic Questions; What is Communication?; What is Information?; What is a Medium?; How is Information Represented?; Was McLuhan Right-Is the Medium the Message?; Part 2: Telecommunication before Steam and Electricity; 2. Spoken Language and Sound Transmission; Introduction; Spoken Language; Sound-Based Technology; 3. Writing and Printing; Introduction; Pictures and Pictorial Writing; Alphabet; Other Languages
- Recording MediaThe Tools of Writing; Photography; The Effect of Writing on Civilization; 4. Visual Signaling; Introduction; Fire and Smoke; Flags, Semaphores, and Body Movements; 5. Transportation as Communication-1; Introduction; Animals and Roads; Muscle-Powered and Sailing Ships; Part 3: Steam, Internal Combustion, and Electricity; 6. Transportation as Communication-2; Introduction; Steam Power; Wingless Aircraft; Internal Combustion; 7. Telegraph; Introduction; Beginnings; Telegraphs Practical and Impractical; How it Works; Telegraphy Becomes a Business; Crossing the Oceans
- The Industry Goes Downhill8. Telephone; Introduction; In the Beginning was the Word; Sound and Electricity; How the Telephone Works; Telephone as a Business; New Developments; Part 4: Electronics; 9. Radio; Introduction; Beginnings; More Physics; Wireless Telegraphy; Radar; Radio Broadcasting; Social Effects of Radio Broadcasting; Newer Technologies; 10. Television; Introduction; Beginnings; Technicalities; The Developers; Broadcasting; New Developments in Television; Impact; 11. Communication Satellites; Introduction; The Nature of the Bird; History; Technicalities; Impact
- 12. The Internet and the Information HighwayIntroduction; Technicalities; Cost; History; Impact; Part 5: Looking Backward and Forward; 13. Summation and Projection; Introduction; Technologies that Accompanied Major Change; The Coming Changes; A Review of Principles that do not Change; 14. One Hundred Dates to Remember; Bibliography; Index; About the Author
- Control code
- 851972416
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (382 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781461706915
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Reproduction note
- Electronic reproduction.
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)851972416
- System details
- Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
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