The erotic engine

The erotic engine

by Barss, Patchen

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From cave painting to photography to the internet, pornography has always been at the cutting edge in adopting and exploiting new developments in mass communication. And in so doing, it has helped to promote and propel those developments in ways that are rarely acknowledged. Without pornography, the internet would not have grown so quickly. The e-commerce payment systems that are now commonplace would be at a far more primitive stage security and usability. Without video streaming software deve…

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  • Full title :The erotic engine / Patchen Barss.

Summary

From cave painting to photography to the internet, pornography has always been at the cutting edge in adopting and exploiting new developments in mass communication. And in so doing, it has helped to promote and propel those developments in ways that are rarely acknowledged. Without pornography, the internet would not have grown so quickly. The e-commerce payment systems that are now commonplace would be at a far more primitive stage security and usability. Without video streaming software developed for pornography sites, CNN would be struggling to deliver news clips. Without advertising from sex sites, Google could not have afforded YouTube. This smart, witty and well-researched history shows how a vast secret trade has bankrolled and shaped mainstream culture and its machines.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:©2010

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Anchor Canada
  • Place of Publication:Toronto
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:©2010

Notes

"How pornography has powered mass communication from Gutenberg to Google"--Cover.

The Physical Object

  • Description:310 pages ; : 23 cm

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780385667371, 038566737X
  • oclc:on1121009317
  • LC Classification:HQ471
  • Dewey Decimal:306.77

Subjects

Industrie pornographique -- Influence Mass media and sex Médias et sexualité Pornographie -- Innovations Pornographie dans la culture populaire pornography Pornography -- Technological innovations Pornography in popular culture Sex in Mass Media Sex industry Sex industry -- Influence Sexualité dans les médias

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Barss, Patchen

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