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Winston, Brian

 
9781138699991: Misunderstanding Media (Routledge Library Editions: Cultural Studies)
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ISBN 10: 1138699993 ISBN 13: 9781138699991
Editorial: Routledge, 2018

Sinopsis

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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Routledge
Año de publicación
2018
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Inglés
ISBN 10 
1138699993
ISBN 13 
9781138699991
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Número de edición
1
Número de páginas
434
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