The Resource Media technology and society : a history : from the telegraph to the Internet, Brian Winston
Media technology and society : a history : from the telegraph to the Internet, Brian Winston
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The item Media technology and society : a history : from the telegraph to the Internet, Brian Winston represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri-St. Louis Libraries.
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- Summary
- 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'
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xiv, 374 pages)
- Note
- Revised edition of: Misunderstanding media. 1986
- Contents
-
- 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
- Isbn
- 9781134766338
- Label
- Media technology and society : a history : from the telegraph to the Internet
- Title
- Media technology and society
- Title remainder
- a history : from the telegraph to the Internet
- Statement of responsibility
- Brian Winston
- Subject
-
- Communication -- Social aspects
- Communication -- Social aspects
- Communication -- Technological innovations
- Communication -- Technological innovations | History
- Computers
- Electronic books
- Electronic books
- Elektronische Medien
- Geschichte
- Gesellschaft
- History
- Kommunikationstechnik
- Mass media -- Social aspects
- Mass media -- Social aspects
- Mass media -- Technological innovations
- Mass media -- Technological innovations | History
- Massamedia
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Media Studies
- Sozialer Wandel
- Informationstechnik
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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'
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Winston, Brian
- Dewey number
- 302.23
- Index
- index present
- Language note
- English
- LC call number
- P96.T42
- LC item number
- W49 1998eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Winston, Brian
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Mass media
- Communication
- Communication
- Mass media
- SOCIAL SCIENCE
- Communication
- Communication
- Mass media
- Mass media
- Massamedia
- Computers
- Geschichte
- Informationstechnik
- Sozialer Wandel
- Gesellschaft
- Elektronische Medien
- Kommunikationstechnik
- Label
- Media technology and society : a history : from the telegraph to the Internet, Brian Winston
- Note
- Revised edition of: Misunderstanding media. 1986
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-360) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 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
- Control code
- 51733682
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xiv, 374 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781134766338
- Lccn
- 97034781
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other control number
- ebc169790
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- ebl169790
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)51733682
- Label
- Media technology and society : a history : from the telegraph to the Internet, Brian Winston
- Note
- Revised edition of: Misunderstanding media. 1986
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-360) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 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
- Control code
- 51733682
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xiv, 374 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781134766338
- Lccn
- 97034781
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other control number
- ebc169790
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- ebl169790
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)51733682
Subject
- Communication -- Social aspects
- Communication -- Social aspects
- Communication -- Technological innovations
- Communication -- Technological innovations | History
- Computers
- Electronic books
- Electronic books
- Elektronische Medien
- Geschichte
- Gesellschaft
- History
- Kommunikationstechnik
- Mass media -- Social aspects
- Mass media -- Social aspects
- Mass media -- Technological innovations
- Mass media -- Technological innovations | History
- Massamedia
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Media Studies
- Sozialer Wandel
- Informationstechnik
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