New Media Invasion: Digital Technologies and the World They Unmake

by John David Ebert

From the 15th century until the mid-1990s, media based on the printed word--books, magazines, handbills, newspapers, and journals--dominated society. Today, an onslaught of digital media centered on the Internet is developing at a breathtaking pace, destabilizing the very idea of printed media and fundamentally reshaping our world in the process. This study explores how Internet entities like Amazon, YouTube, Facebook, Wikipedia, and Google, and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786465603
• ISBN13: 9780786465606
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc.
• Length: 231 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher