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1 online resource |
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Introduction: Adapting to Our Media Environment; 1 Writing: Gathering Thought; 2 Early Printing: Reaching More of Us; 3 Mass Printing: Reaching Still More; 4 Mail: The Snail that Could; 5 Telegraph: Uniting the United States; 6 Telephone: Reaching without Touching; 7 Recording: Beyoncé Sings Better than Our Sister; 8 Photography: Personal and So Much More; 9 Silent Film: The Audience Waits; 10 A Movie Century: Moving Us; 11 Radio: Helping Us through the Rough Years; 12 Television: Pictures in Our Parlors; 13 Computers: Beyond Calculation |
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14 The Internet: The World at Our Fingertips15 Video Games: Leaning Forward; 16 Persuasion: The Push Never Stops; 17 Media Matter: Entwined in Human Life; Further Reading; Image Credits; Index |
| Summary |
What Greek philosopher thought writing would harm a student's memory? Was the poet Byron's daughter the first computer programmer? Who plays more video games, women over 18 or teenage boys?In Alphabet to Internet: Media in Our Lives, Irving Fang looks at each medium of communication through the centuries, asking not only, ""What happened?"" but also, ""How did society change because of this new communication medium?"" and, ""How are we different as a result?"" Examining the impact of different media on a broad, historical scale-among them mass printing, the telegraph, film, the internet, and a |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Vendor-supplied metadata |
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Mass media -- History
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Social Psychology.
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Mass media
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317616702 |
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1317616707 |
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