ABSTRACT
Now in its 7th edition, Communication in History reveals how media has been influential in both maintaining social order and as powerful agents of change. Thirty-eight contributions from a wide range of voices offer instructors the opportunity to customize their courses while challenging students to build upon their own knowledge and skill sets. From stone-age symbols and early writing to the Internet and social media, readers are introduced to an expansive, intellectually enlivening study of the relationship between human history and communication media.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part One|40 pages
The Media of Early Civilization
part Two|31 pages
The Tradition of Western Literacy
part Three|35 pages
The Print Revolution
part Four|40 pages
Electricity Creates the Wired World
part Five|43 pages
Image and Sound
part Six|45 pages
Radio Days
part Seven|49 pages
TV Times
part Eight|34 pages
New Media and Old in the Digital Age