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Author
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
"Communications and Humanity advances a new theory of media that explains the origins and impact of different forms of communication--speech, writing, print, electronic devices, and the Internet--on human history in the long term. New media are "pulled" into widespread use by broad historical trends and these media, once in widespread use, "push" social institutions and beliefs in predictable directions. This view allows us to see for the first time...
Author
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
"How does writing relate to speech? What impact does it have on social organisation and development? How do unwritten languages differ from those that have a written form and tradition? This book is a general account of the place of writing in society. Drawing on contemporary and historical examples, from clay tablets to touchscreen displays, the book explores the functions of writing and written language, analysing its consequences for language,...
Series
Qualitative Soziologie volume Band 19
Publisher
Lucius & Lucius
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Deutsch