


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...

Popular writing about the media resounds with rhetoric of techno-glory or apocalypse. Brian Winston argues that this "information revolution" is an illusion, a consequence of deep misunderstandings about electronic media, their development, diffusion, and present forms. Technology...