Misunderstanding Media
Published on 4. October 2016
430 pages
978-1-315-51220-4 (ISBN)
Description
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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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
File size
32,96 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-315-51220-4 (9781315512204)
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Misunderstanding Media
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Misunderstanding Media
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Person
Winston, Brian
Content
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
