UID:
kobvindex_INT0001618
Format:
x, 382 pages
,
illustrations
,
23 cm
ISBN:
9781433104121
,
1433104121
Content:
"An Introduction to the History of Communication: Evolutions and Revolutions provides a comprehensive overview of how human communication has changed and is changing. Focusing on the evolutions and revolutions of six key changes in the history of communication---becoming human; creating writing; developing print; capturing the image; harnessing electricity; and exploring cybernetics---the author reveals how communication was generated, stored, and shared. This ecological approach provides a comprehensive understanding of the key variables that underlie each of these great evolutions-revolutions in human communication. Designed as an introduction for history of communication classes, the text examines the past, attempting to identify the key dynamics of change in these human, technical, semiotic, social, political, economic, and cultural structures, in order to better understand the present and prepare for possible future developments."
Note:
Understanding evolutions and revolutions in human communication -- Becoming human : evolution and revolution in language, speech, and visual communication -- Becoming literate : evolution and revolution in writing and reading -- Becoming typographic: evolution and revolution in printing -- Becoming hypergraphic : evolution and revolution in graphics, photography, and cinematography -- Becoming electric : evolution and revolution in electrographic and electrophonic communication -- Becoming cybernetic : evolution and revolution in digital communication -- Becoming critical thinkers about evolutions and revolutions in human communication
Language:
English
Keywords:
Handbooks and manuals
