Dynamics of Modern Communication: The Shaping and Impact of New Communication Technologies - Couverture souple

Flichy, Patrice

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0803978510 ISBN 13 : 9780803978515

Editeur : SAGE Publications Ltd, 1995

Synopsis

Patrice Flichy offers a profound analysis of the social shaping and impact of the major communication technologies of the last 200 years.

From the semaphore and telegraph to contemporary information technologies, Dynamics of Modern Communication focuses on the relationship between technological and social change. Particular emphasis is put on four processes: the birth of the modern state at the end of the eighteenth century; the development of stock markets; the transformation of private life in the modern nuclear family; and the individualism of the late twentieth century.

Exploring the interaction of technology and social context - for example, in the move from public methods of communication to m

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Patrice Flichy is head of the communications research group at the French Centre National d′Études des Télécommunications

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Date d'édition: 1995
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0803978510
• ISBN 13: 9780803978515
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 192
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible