A History of Communications: Media and Society from the Evolution of Speech to the Internet

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Marshall T. Poe (University of Iowa)

A History of Communications

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Media and Society from the Evolution of Speech to the Internet

Marshall T. Poe (University of Iowa)

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Cambridge University Press
06 December 2010

Communication studies; Social & cultural history; Society & Social Sciences; Media studies

A History of Communications advances a theory of media that explains the origins and impact of different forms of communication - speech, writing, print, electronic devices and the Internet - on human history in the long term. New media are 'pulled' into widespread use by broad historical trends and these media, once in widespread use, 'push' social institutions and beliefs in predictable directions. This view allows us to see for the first time what is truly new about the Internet, what is not, and where it is taking us.

By: Marshall T. Poe (University of Iowa)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 228mm, Width: 153mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 470g
ISBN: 9780521179447
ISBN 10: 0521179440
Pages: 350
Publication Date: 06 December 2010
Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , ELT Advanced , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Marshall T. Poe, Associate Professor of History at the University of Iowa, is the author or editor of several books, including A People Born to Slavery: Russia in Early Modern European Ethnography (2000), The Russian Elite in the Seventeenth Century (2004) and The Russian Moment in World History (2006). He is the co-founder and editor of Kritika: Explorations in Russian and Eurasian History and founder and host of 'New Books in History' (http://newbooksinhistory.com), as well as a former writer and editor for the Atlantic Monthly. Professor Poe has been a fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton University), Harriman Institute (Columbia University) and the Kennan Institute (Washington, DC).

Reviews for A History of Communications: Media and Society from the Evolution of Speech to the Internet

Advance praise: 'Based on a truly impressive range (as well as amount) of reading, arguing an original and convincing thesis, and written in a lucid and engaging style, this book deserves to reach a wide audience of students and scholars alike.' Peter Burke, University of Cambridge 'The ambition and sweep of Marshall Poe's analysis of media make it different from anything else I have read on the topic. Many modern 'consumers' of media, in all its forms, have a vague sense that technological advances are altering their sense of the world in ways they can't fully appreciate in real time. Poe's book is a big advance in helping citizens understand the opportunities and problems the new media landscape offers.' James Fallows, The Atlantic