Media, technology, and society : theories of media evolution /

Media, technology, and society : theories of media evolution /

Saved in:

Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	Ann Arbor : Digital Culture Books/University of Michigan Press : University of Michigan Library, ©2010.
Description:	1 online resource (231 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	Mass media -- Technological innovations. Digital media -- Technological innovations. Mass media -- Social aspects. Mass media -- Social aspects. Mass media -- Technological innovations. Electronic book.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12681147

Hidden Bibliographic Details
Other authors / contributors:	Neuman, W. Russell. University of Michigan. Digital Library Platform & Services.
ISBN:	9780472070824 0472070827 9780472050826 0472050826
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. English. Print version record.
Summary:	"In Media, Technology, and Society, some of the most prominent figures in media studies explore the issue of media evolution. Focusing on a variety of compelling examples in media history, ranging from the telephone to the television, the radio to the Internet, these essays collectively address a series of notoriously vexing questions about the nature of technological change. Is it possible to make general claims about the conditions that enable or inhibit innovation? Does government regulation tend to protect or thwart incumbent interests? What kinds of concepts are needed to address the relationship between technology and society in a nonreductive and nondeterministic manner? To what extent can media history help us to understand and to influence the future of media in constructive ways? The contributors' historically grounded responses to these questions will be relevant to numerous fields, including history, media and communication studies, management, sociology, and information studies"--Publisher's description
Other form:	Print version: Media, technology, and society. Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press : University of Michigan Library, ©2010
Standard no.:	99940092229

Table of Contents:

Theories of Media Evolution
Newspaper Culture and Technical Innovation, 1980-2005
From the Telegraph and Telephone to the Negroponte Switch
Hollywood 2.0: How Internet Distribution Will Affect the Film Industry
The Evolution of Radio
Inventing Television: Citizen Sarnoff and One Philo T. Farnsworth
The Cable Fables: The Innovative Imperative of Excess Capacity
Some Say the Internet Should Never Have Happened
Privacy and Security Policy in the Digital Age
Who Controls Content? The Future of Digital Rights Management
Contributors
Index