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A social history of the media : from Gutenberg to the Internet / Asa Briggs and Peter Burke.

By: Briggs, Asa, 1921-Contributor(s): Burke, PeterMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge : Polity, 2005Edition: 2nd editionDescription: viii, 304 p. : ill., ports. ; 25 cmISBN: 0745635121; 0745635113 (hbk.) :Subject(s): Mass media -- History | Mass media -- Social aspects | Mass media -- Economic aspectsDDC classification: 302.2'3'09 Summary: This volume explores the history of the different means of communication in the West from the invention of printing to the Internet. It discusses issues from the importance of oral and manuscript communication to the development of electronic media.
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Previous ed.: 2001.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This volume explores the history of the different means of communication in the West from the invention of printing to the Internet. It discusses issues from the importance of oral and manuscript communication to the development of electronic media.

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