Dynamics of Modern Communication: The Shaping and Impact of New Communication Technologies

by Patrice Flichy

Book Overview

Patrice Flichy offers a profound analysis of the social shaping and impact of the major communication technologies of the last 200 years.

From the semaphore and telegraph to contemporary information technologies, Dynamics of Modern Communication focuses on the relationship between technological and social change. Particular emphasis is put on four processes: the birth of the modern state at the end of the eighteenth century; the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803978510
• ISBN13: 9780803978515
• Release Date: November 1995
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.3" x 9.1"