Briggs, Asa,  1921- <br/><br/>
A social history of the media :  from Gutenberg to the Internet / 
Asa Briggs and Peter Burke. 
 - 3rd edition. 
 - Cambridge :  Polity,  2009. 
 - viii, 346 p. :  ill., ports. ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/> Previous ed.: 2005. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/> Specialized. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780745644950 (pbk.) :  £17.99 0745644953 (pbk.) :  £17.99 9780745644943 (hbk.) :  £55.00 0745644945 (hbk.) :  £55.00 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Mass media--History.<br/>Mass media--Social aspects--History.<br/>Mass media--Economic aspects--History.<br/>Media Studies.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>302.2'3'09