Media Technology and Society: A History from the Telegraph to the Internet is a 1998 book by Brian Winston.[1] The book's central thesis is that technology, rather than developing in relatively discontinuous revolutions, evolves as part of a larger evolutionary pattern.[2] It was named 'Best Book of 1998' by the American Association for History and Computing.[3]
The book contains examples of ways in which technology, human behaviour and society are interconnected.[4][5][6] Through historical accounts,[7] Winston demonstrates how technology reinforces social trends,[8] and how social conditions lead to specific inventions.[9] It is not an academic work, but instead was written to be read by the general public.[10]
References edit
- ^ Winston, Brian (1998). Media Technology and Society, A History From the Telegraph to the Internet. ISBN 041514230X.
- ^ Staley, David. "Brian Winston's Media Technology and Society, A History From the Telgraph to the Internet". Journal of the Association for History and Computing. Ann Arbor, MI: MPublishing, University of Michigan Library. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
- ^ Winston, Brian (1998). Media Technology and Society: A History : from the Telegraph to the Internet. ISBN 9780415142304. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
- ^ Bruce E. Drushel; Kathleen German (17 March 2011). The Ethics of Emerging Media: Information, Social Norms, and New Media Technology. Bloomsbury Publishing. pp. 9–. ISBN 978-1-4411-0025-2.
- ^ Scott W. Fitzgerald (2012). Corporations and Cultural Industries: Time Warner, Bertelsmann, and News Corporation. Lexington Books. pp. 112–. ISBN 978-0-7391-4403-9.
- ^ Eiji Otsuka (17 December 2014). Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service Volume 7. Dark Horse Comics. pp. 194–. ISBN 978-1-63008-434-9.
- ^ Jason Mittell (2010). Television and American Culture. Oxford University Press. p. 436. ISBN 978-0-19-530667-5.
- ^ Jan van Dijk (21 December 1999). The Network Society. SAGE Publications. p. 223. ISBN 978-0-7619-6281-6.
- ^ "FCJ-084 Who’s Afraid of Technological Determinism? Another Look at Medium Theory". Fibreculture Journal, John Potts, Macquarie University, Sydney
- ^ Alfred D. Chandler Jr.; James W. Cortada Jr. (10 August 2000). A Nation Transformed by Information : How Information Has Shaped the United States from Colonial Times to the Present. Oxford University Press. pp. 345–. ISBN 978-0-19-535200-9.