Misunderstanding Media

Brian Winston (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

434 Seiten

2016
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-69998-4 (ISBN)

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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.

Winston, Brian

1. Breakages Limited 2. Fugitive Pictures 3. ‘Inventions for Casting Up Sums, Very Pretty’ 4. Digression – ‘The Most Remarkable Technology’ 5. Little Bird of Union and Understanding 6. Communicate by Word of Mouth

Erscheinungsdatum	21.12.2016
Reihe/Serie	Routledge Library Editions: Cultural Studies
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	748 g
Themenwelt	Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
ISBN-10	1-138-69998-5 / 1138699985
ISBN-13	978-1-138-69998-4 / 9781138699984
Zustand	Neuware