Media,Technology and Society

Media,Technology and Society
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 389
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ISBN-10 : 9781134766338
ISBN-13 : 1134766335
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Book Synopsis Media,Technology and Society by : Brian Winston

Download or read book Media,Technology and Society written by Brian Winston and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-09-11 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Challenging the popular myth of a present-day 'information revolution', Media Technology and Society is essential reading for anyone interested in the social impact of technological change. Winston argues that the development of new media forms, from the telegraph and the telephone to computers, satellite and virtual reality, is the product of a constant play-off between social necessity and suppression: the unwritten law by which new technologies are introduced into society only insofar as their disruptive potential is limited.


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