Revolutions in Communication : Media History From Gutenberg to the Digital Age

__Revolutions in Communication__ offers a new approach to media history, presenting an encyclopedic look at the way technological change has linked social and ideological communities. Using key figures in history to benchmark the chronology of technical innovation, Kovarik's exhaustive scholarship narrates the story of revolutions in printing, electronic communication and digital information, while drawing parallels between the past and present. Updated to reflect new research that has surfaced these past few years, __Revolutions in Communication__ continues to provide students and teachers with the most readable history of communications, while including enough international perspective to get the most accurate sense of the field. The supplemental reading materials on the companion website include slideshows, podcasts and video demonstration plans in order to facilitate further reading. 'Revolutions in Communication' is an up-to-date resource, expanding upon contemporary scholarship. It provides students and teachers with detailed sidebars about key figures, technical innovations, global trends, and social movements, as well as supplemental reading materials. Revolutions in Communication offers a new approach to media history, presenting an encyclopedic look at the way technological change has linked social and ideological communities. Using key figures in history to benchmark the chronology of technical innovation, Kovarik's exhaustive scholarship narrates the story of revolutions in printing, electronic communication and digital information, while drawing parallels between the past and present. Updated to reflect new research that has surfaced these past few years, Revolutions in Communication continues to provide students and teachers with the most readable history of communications, while including enough international perspective to get the most accurate sense of the field. The supplemental reading materials on the companion website include slideshows, podcasts and video demonstration plans in order to facilitate further reading Title......Page 3 Contents......Page 4 Acknowledgments......Page 6 Preface......Page 8 Introduction......Page 10 Part I The Printing Revolution......Page 33 1 The Divine Art......Page 46 2 The Commercial and Industrial Media Revolution 1814–1900......Page 102 3 Print Media in the Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries......Page 154 Part II The Visual Revolution......Page 200 4 Photography: Giving Vision to History......Page 218 5 Cinema: The Image Comes Alive......Page 260 6 Advertising, Public Relations, and the Crafted Image......Page 310 Part III The Electronic Revolution: From “National Neighborhoods” to the Global Village......Page 357 7 The First Electronic Revolution: Telegraph and Telephone......Page 364 8 The New World of Radio......Page 393 9 Television: A New Window on the World......Page 438 Part IV The Digital Revolution......Page 484 10 Computers......Page 492 11 Digital Networks......Page 530 12 Global Culture......Page 571 Bibliography......Page 611 Index......Page 644 Copyright......Page 680 Revolutions in Communication offers a new approach to media history, presenting an encyclopedic look at the way technological change has linked social and ideological communities. Using key figures in history to benchmark the chronology of technical innovation, Kovarik's exhaustive scholarship narrates the story of revolutions in printing, electronic communication and digital information, while drawing parallels between the past and present. Updated to reflect new research that has surfaced these past few years, Revolutions in Communication continues to provide students and teachers with the most readable history of communications, while including enough international perspective to get the most accurate sense of the field. The supplemental reading materials on the companion website include slideshows, podcasts and video demonstration plans in order to facilitate further reading. www.revolutionsincommunication.com Revolutions in Communication offers a new approach to media history, presenting an encyclopedic look at the way technological change has linked social and ideological communities. Using key figures in history to benchmark the chronology of technical innovation, Kovarik's exhaustive scholarship narrates the story of revolutions in printing, electronic communication and digital information, while drawing parallels between the past and present.

Updated to reflect new research that has surfaced these past few years, Revolutions in Communication continues to provide students and teachers with the most readable history of communications, while including enough international perspective to get the most accurate sense of the field. The supplemental reading materials on the companion website include slideshows, podcasts and video demonstration plans in order to facilitate further reading. Introduction The printing revolution The divine art The commercial and industrial media revolution: from 1814 to 1900 Print media in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries The visual revolution Photography: giving vision to hisotry Cinema Advertising, public relations and the crafted image The electronic revolution: from "national neighborhoods" to the global village The first electronic revolution: telegraph and telephone The new world of radio Television: a new window on the world The digital revolution Computers Digital networks Global culture. Offers a alternative approach to media history, presenting an encyclopedic look at the way technological change has linked social and ideological communities. Using key figures in history to benchmark the chronology of technical innovation, Kovarik narrates the story of revolutions in printing, electronic communication and digital information, while drawing parallels between the past and present. --From publisher description