Misunderstanding Media - Couverture souple

Winston, Brian

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1138699993 ISBN 13 : 9781138699991

Editeur : Routledge, 2018

Synopsis

The 1980s saw constant reports of an information revolution. This book, first published in 1986, challenges this view. It argues that the information revolution is an illusion, a rhetorical gambit, an expression of profound historical ignorance, and a movement dedicated to purveying misunderstanding and disseminating disinformation. In this historically based attack on the information revolution, Professor Winston takes a had look at the four central information technologies - telephones, television, computers and satellites. He describes how these technologies were created and diffused, showing that instead of revolution we just have 'business as usual'. He formulates a 'law' of the suppression of radical potential - a law which states that new telecommunication technologies are introduced into society only insofar as their disruptive potential is contained. Despite the so-called information revolution, the major institutions of society remain unchanged, and most of us remain in total ignorance of the history of technology.

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Winston, Brian

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date d'édition: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1138699993
• ISBN 13: 9781138699991
• Reliure: Broché
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 434
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible