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Review: A Social History of the Media: From Gutenberg to the InternetUser Review - Marti - GoodreadsTitle sounds interesting, but it was too dry for me and WAY too long. Read full review Review: A Social History of the Media: From Gutenberg to the InternetUser Review - Elizabeth - GoodreadsThis book probably deserves more credit than I'm giving it. It provides what seems to be a thorough history of media, as its title suggests, from print to today. But apart from being a good survey ... Read full review Editorial Review - Cahners Business Information (c) 2001 All 6 reviews »Every new mode of communication provokes passionate debate about its moral and social repercussions. Today we fret over the negative influence of television and the Internet; in the 16th century, it was feared that reading would arouse dangerous emotions, especially in women. Briggs (chancellor, Open Univ.) and Burke (Eyewitnessing) present many such parallels in this overview of media history. They also assert that no medium has ever completely supplanted another. Given their belief in the nonlinear evolution of media, the text moves dizzyingly back and forth, at times verging on stream of consciousness: "The ability to get to Mars would depend on advances in space communications, and this already had its own history in 1960, a point to which we must now return." The index (not seen) and a meticulous chronology should help to alleviate confusion. Readers may feel frustrated, however, by the lack of explanatory notes; the suggested reading for each chapter rarely gives the source for particular quotations or assertions. Recommended for academic libraries needing a general survey of media history. Susan M. Colowick, North Olympic Lib. Syst., Port Angeles, WA Related books
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