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Author Briggs, Asa, 1921-2016.

Title A social history of the media : from Gutenberg to the Internet / Asa Briggs and Peter Burke
Published Malden, MA : Blackwell, 2002

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Description viii, 374 pages : illustrations, 1 map, portraits ; 23 cm
Contents 1. Introduction -- 2. The Print Revolution in Context -- 3. The Media and the Public Sphere in Early Modern Europe -- 4. From Steam to Electricity -- 5. Processes and Patterns -- 6. Information, Education, Entertainment -- 7. Convergence -- 8. Conclusion: Into Cyberspace?
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Subject Mass media -- Economic aspects.
Mass media -- History.
Mass media -- Social aspects.
Author Burke, Peter, 1937-
LC no. 2001037492
ISBN 0745623743
0745623751 paperback