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- The book is divided into six periods which are identified as 'Information Revolutions' writing, printing, mass media, entertainment, the 'toolshed' (which we call 'home' now), and the Information Highway.
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Dec 11, 2020 · What are information revolutions?: Political tools and weapons -- 1. Writing, the first revolution: The invention of writing -- Skin and bones and papyrus -- The Greeks -- The alphabet -- Carrying the message. 2.
The book is divided into six periods which are identified as 'Information Revolutions' writing, printing, mass media, entertainment, the 'toolshed' (which we call 'home' now), and the Information Highway.
- Irving E. Fang
- New York
- 1997
The Magic of Six Revolutions. Twenty years ago, in 1997, Irving Fang published a book on the history of mass communication. He described six ‘information revolutions’, each one changing the way that we communicate and interact with the world.
From a different perspective, Irving E. Fang (1997) identified six 'Information Revolutions': writing, printing, mass media, entertainment, the 'tool shed' (which we call 'home' now), and the information highway. In this work the term 'information revolution' is used in a narrow sense, to describe trends in communication media.
Feb 27, 1997 · The decades on either side of the turn of the twenty-first century witnessed a global revolution in information technology, as exemplified by the rise of the World Wide Web, search engines, and new social media, which has had an effect on all areas of human culture concerned with the written word.
This book shows how the means of communicating grew out of their eras, how they developed, how they influenced the societies of those eras, and how they have continued to exert their influence upon subsequent generations. Traces the common themes in the long and complex history of mass communication.
Feb 27, 1997 · The book is divided into six periods which are identified as 'Information Revolutions' writing, printing, mass media, entertainment, the 'toolshed' (which we call 'home' now), and the Information Highway.
