Format:
1 Online-Ressource (360 Seiten)
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Illustrationen, Diagramme
ISBN:
9781782390022
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9781782390015
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9781782390039
Content:
From the author of A Splendid Exchange comes a remarkable history of media - from the alphabet to the internet - that examines how it has shaped human society over millennia. In Masters of the Word, Bernstein chronicles the development of the technology of human communication, or media, starting with the birth of writing thousands of years ago in Mesopotamia. In Sumer, and then Egypt, this revolutionary tool allowed rulers to extend their control far and wide, giving rise to the world's first empires. When Phoenician
Note:
Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication page; Contents; Introduction; 1 Origins; 2 The ABCs of Democracy; 3 Twelve Tablets, Seven Hills, and a Few Early Christians; 4 Before Gutenberg; 5 Punch and Counterpunch; 6 The Captive Press; 7 With a Machete in One Hand and a Radio in the Other; 8 The Comrades Who Couldn't Broadcast Straight; 9 The Argus; Notes; Bibliography; Acknowledgments; Illustration Credits; Index; A Note on the Author; List of Illustrations
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781782390008
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Masters of the Word : How Media Shaped History
Language:
English
Keywords:
Massenmedien
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Kommunikation
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Schreiben
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Technischer Fortschritt
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Electronic books
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Author information:
Bernstein, William J. 1948-
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