Misunderstanding Media

Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:Misunderstanding MediaISBN13:9781138699991ISBN10:1138699993Author:Winston, Brian (Author)Description:The 1980S Saw Constant Reports Of An Information Revolution This Book, First Published In 1986, Challenges This View It Argues That The Information Revolution Is An Illusion, A Rhetorical Gambit, An Expression Of Profound Historical Ignorance, And A Movement Dedicated To Purveying Misunderstanding And Disseminating Disinformation In This Historically Based Attack On The Information Revolution, Professor Winston Takes A Had Look At The Four Central Information Technologies - Telephones, Television, Computers And Satellites He Describes How These Technologies Were Created And Diffused, Showing That Instead Of Revolution We Just Have 'Business As Usual' He Formulates A 'Law' Of The Suppression Of Radical Potential - A Law Which States That New Telecommunication Technologies Are Introduced Into Society Only Insofar As Their Disruptive Potential Is Contained Despite The So-Called Information Revolution, The Major Institutions Of Society Remain Unchanged, And Most Of Us Remain In Total Ignorance Of The History Of Technology Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:ROUTLEDGEPublication Date:2018-03-27Weight:1.33 lbsDimensions:0.88'' H x 9.21'' L x 6.14'' WNumber of Pages:430Language:English

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