Mediamorphosis: understanding new media

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Demystifies emerging media technologies and explains their potential influences on popular forms of mainstream media, such as newspapers, magazines, television, and radio, in the context of transformations in human communication since the emergence of written language. Discusses aspects including domains of communication media and the role of spoke.

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Full title :Mediamorphosis : understanding new media / Roger Fidler.

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Publication Date:©1997.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Pine Forge Press
Place of Publication:Thousand Oaks, Calif
Language:eng
Publication Date:©1997.

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Description:xviii, 302 pages : : illustrations ; : 23 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0803990863, 9780803990869
oclc:ocm36133295
LC Classification:P91
Dewey Decimal:302.23/09

Principles of mediamorphosis -- Coping with change -- Visions of future media -- The 30-year rule -- Criteria for adopting new technologies -- The importance of early adopters -- Technological accelerators and brakes -- The mediamorphic process -- Principles of mediamorphosis in perspective -- Domains of communication media -- Categorizing the forms of communication -- The interpersonal domain -- The broadcast domain -- The document domain -- Inherited media traits -- Domains of communication media in perspective -- The mediamorphic role of language -- Expressive language and communication tools -- Spoken language and the first great mediamorphosis -- Written language and the second great mediamorphosis -- Digital language and the third great mediamorphosis -- The mediamorphic role of language in perspective -- Technologies of the third mediamorphosis -- A crisis of control -- The electronic age -- The computer age -- Mediamorphic principles and the future of cyber media -- Technologies of the third mediamorphosis in perspective -- The cultural context of the third mediamorphosis -- Social forces -- Political forces -- Economic forces -- Cultural context of the third mediamorphosi…

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05.30 mass communication and mass media… History informatietechnologie mass media Mass media -- Forecasting Mass media -- History Mass media -- Technological innovations Massamedia Médias Médias -- Histoire Médias -- Innovations Médias -- Prévision Technische vernieuwing