商品簡介
This wide-ranging and innovative book develops an original theory of the media and their impact on the modern world, from the emergence of printing to the most recent developments in the media industries.
* Theoretically innovative and up-to-date; this book develops an original theory of the media and their impact on the modern world * Wide-ranging in scope, from the emergence of printing in early modern Europe to the most recent developments in the media industries * The book shows how the development of communications media was interwoven with the major institutional transformations which have shaped the modern world.
作者簡介
John B. Thompson is Reader in Sociology at the University of Cambridge and Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge.
目次
Preface.
Introduction.
1. Communication and Social Context.
2. The Media and the Development of Modern Societies.
3. The Rise of Mediated Interaction.
4. The Transformation of Visibility.
5. The Globalization of Communication.
6. The Re-mooring of Tradition.
7. Self and Experience in a Mediated World.
8. The Re-invention of Publicness.
Notes.
Index.
