Suggested readings. Preface -- Part I. The media of early civilization. The earliest precursor of writing / Tom Standage -- Media in ancient empires / Harold Innis -- Civilization without writing--the Incas and the Quipu / Marcia Ascher and Robert Ascher -- The origins of writing / Andrew Robinson -- Part II. The tradition of Western literacy. The Greek legacy / Eric Havelock -- Writing and the alphabet effect / Robert K. Logan -- Writing restructures consciousness / Walter Ong -- Communication and faith in the Middle Ages / James Burke and Robert Ornstein -- Part III. The print revolution. Paper and block printing--from China to Europe / Thomas F. Carter -- The invention of printing / Lewis Mumford -- Early modern literacies / Harvey J. Graff -- Sensationalism and news / Mitchell Stephens -- Part IV. Electricity creates the wired the world. Time, space and the telegraph / James W. Carey -- The new journalism / Michael Schudson -- The telephone takes command / Claude S. Fischer -- Dream worlds of consumption / Rosalynd Williams -- Wireless world / Stephen Kern -- Part V. Image and sound. Early photojournalism / Ulrich Keller -- Inscribing sound / Lisa Gitelman -- The making of the phonograph / Jonathan Sterne -- Early motion pictures / Daniel Czitrom -- Movies talk / Scott Eyman -- Part VI. Radio days. The public voice of radio / John Durham Peters -- Early radio / Susan J. Douglas -- The golden age of programming / Christopher Sterling and John M. Kittross -- Orson Welles' War of the Worlds broadcast / Paul Heyer -- Radio voices / Michelle Hilmes -- Radio in the television age / Peter Fornatale and Joshua E. Mills -- Part VII. TV Times. Television begins / William Boddy -- The new languages / Edmund Carpenter -- Making room for TV / Lynn Spigel -- From turmoil to tranquility / Gary Edgarton -- Boob tubes, fans, and addicts / Richard Butsch -- Part VIII. New media and old in the digital age. How media became new / Lev Manovich -- Popularizing the Internet / Janet Abbate -- The World Wide Web / Jay David Bolter and Richard Grusin -- A cultural history of Web 2.0 / Alice E. Marwick -- Social media retweets history / Tom Standage -- Discussion questions -- Suggested readings.
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