Revolutions in Communication: Media History from Gutenberg to the Digital Age 2nd Edition, (Ebook PDF)

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Product details:

• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1628924780
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1628924787
• Author: Bill Kovarik

Revolutions in Communication offers a new approach to media history, presenting an encyclopedic look at the way technological change has linked social and ideological communities. Using key figures in history to benchmark the chronology of technical innovation, Kovarik’s exhaustive scholarship narrates the story of revolutions in printing, electronic communication and digital information, while drawing parallels between the past and present.

Updated to reflect new research that has surfaced these past few years, Revolutions in Communication continues to provide students and teachers with the most readable history of communications, while including enough international perspective to get the most accurate sense of the field. The supplemental reading materials on the companion website include slideshows, podcasts and video demonstration plans in order to facilitate further reading.

Table of contents:

Preface to the 2nd Edition

Introduction to Revolutions in Communication

Section I – The Printing Revolution: An Introduction

Chapter 1: The Printing Revolution: 1455 to 1814

Chapter 2: The Commercial and Industrial Media Revolution: 1814 to 1900

Chapter 3: Print Media in the 20th and 21st Centuries

Section II – The Visual Revolution

Chapter 4: Photography: Giving Vision to History

Chapter 5: Motion Pictures, Dream Factories and Popcorn Palaces

Chapter 6: Advertising, Public Relations and the Crafted Image

Section III – Electronic Revolution: From ‘National Neighborhoods’ to the Global Village

Chapter 7: The First Electronic Revolution: Telegraph and Telephone

Chapter 8: Radio: The Electronic Hearth

Chapter 9: Television: A New Window on the World

Section IV – The Digital Revolution: Traditional Media and the Curves in the Road

Chapter 10: The Advent of Computers

Chapter 11: Networks

Chapter 12: Global Digital Media Culture

Bibliography

Index

Title tag:

Revolutions in Communication: Tracing Media History from Gutenberg to Today’s Digital Age
Exploring Media Evolution: From Gutenberg’s Press to Digital Technology
The Journey of Media: A Deep Dive into Communication History from the Printing Press to the Digital Era