TY  - BOOK
AU  - Briggs,Asa
AU  - Burke,Peter
TI  - A social history of the media: from Gutenberg to the Internet 
SN  - 0745635121
U1  - 302.2'3'09 22
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Polity
KW  - Mass media
KW  - History
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Economic aspects
N1  - Previous ed.: 2001; Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - 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
ER  -