The ascent of media: from Gilgamesh to Google via Gutenberg

by Parry, Roger

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Full title :The ascent of media : from Gilgamesh to Google via Gutenberg / Roger Parry.

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"The Ascent of Media tells the whole story of media from its earliest incarnation in the clay tablets of Gilgamesh, through the Gutenberg press, right up to Google and the unfurling world of digital content. The Ascent of Media is a narrative history of the media in its every form, from theatre to posters to video games, and told with a host of fascinating fact and anecdote. Opening up a whole new forum for debate, Parry argues that contemporary media is not, as the doomsayers suggest, in decline, but on the cusp of a new era - one in which it will adapt, evolve and thrive. History teaches us that media cannot and do not die. This is a startling account of the mediums that inform us, shape us, move us and make us, and a rallying call to innovators of the future."--Publisher description.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2011.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Nicholas Brealey Pub
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:2011.

The Physical Object

Description:ix, 406 pages : : illustrations ; : 25 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781857885705, 1857885708
oclc:ocn712118526
LC Classification:P90
Dewey Decimal:302.23

Introduction -- Media's building blocks -- Evolution. The media journey -- Theatre -- Books -- Pictures -- Posters -- Postal systems -- Newspapers -- Magazines -- Comics -- Telegraph -- Telephone -- Records -- Radio -- Cinema -- Television -- Video games -- Web -- Future. Everything that went before and more.