The erotic engine
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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- Publication Date:2011, c2010.
- Edition:Anchor Canada ed
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Anchor Canada
- Place of Publication:Toronto
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2011, c2010.
Notes
"How pornography has powered mass communication from Gutenberg to Google"--Cover.
The Physical Object
- Description:310 p. ; : 23 cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780385667371, 038566737X
- oclc:ocn742180467
- LC Classification:HQ471
- Dewey Decimal:306.77
Table of Contents
Pt. One Drawing, Painting, Carving, Writing -- One.The Oldest Impression -- Two.The "Hottentot Venus" and the History of Civilization -- Three.The Virgin and the Naughty Monkey -- Four.Fleshing the Press -- pt. Two Mechanical Reproduction -- Five.Exposure Time -- Six.Stag Nation -- Seven.The Format War -- Eight."U" Tube -- Nine.Erotica Online -- Ten.Virtual World FAQ -- Eleven.The Games People Play -- pt. Three The Modern Pornography Industry -- Twelve.The Commercialization of the Internet -- Thirteen.Pornography Outstrips the Mainstream -- pt. Four The Strange Future of Mass Communication -- Fourteen.Words Get in the Way -- Fifteen.Out of the MUD -- Sixteen.Emergent Sex and Non-emergent Technology -- Seventeen.The Law of Unintended Consequences -- Eighteen.Down but Not Out -- Nineteen.A Touchy Subject.
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