The ascent of media : from Gilgamesh to Google via Gutenberg /
By: Parry, Roger
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BookPublisher: London ; Boston : Nicholas Brealey Pub., c2011.Description: ix, 406 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9781857885705 (trade); 1857885708 (trade)Other title: Media.Subject(s): Mass media -- History | Mass media -- HistoryDDC classification: 302.23 Online resources: Location Map
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Examines the history of media, covering its role in culture, commerce, and politics, and discussing the digital era and the media landscape of the future.
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| REGULAR | University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection | 302.23 PA AS (Browse shelf) | Available | T0045286 |
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| 302.23 NE WM New media and intercultural communication : | 302.23 NW TE Telecommunications, media & technology (TMT) for developing economies : | 302.23 OS ME Media and society / | 302.23 PA AS The ascent of media : | 302.23 PA CO Converging media : | 302.23 PE ME Media effects and society / | 302.23 PO ME Media literacy / |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [388]-401) and index.
Introduction -- Media's building blocks -- Evolution. The media journey -- Theatre -- Books -- Pictures -- Posters -- Postal systems -- Newspapers -- Magazines -- Comics -- Telegraph -- Telephone -- Recorded sound -- Radio -- Cinema -- Television -- Video games -- Web -- Key events in media -- Future. Everything that went before and more.
Examines the history of media, covering its role in culture, commerce, and politics, and discussing the digital era and the media landscape of the future.
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