Communication, Technology and Cultural Change

Klappentext Gary Krug demonstrates how communication technology must be studied as an integral part of culture and lived-experience. Rather than stand in awe of the apparent explosion of new technologies, this book links key moments and developments in communication technology with the social conditions of their time. Zusammenfassung Gary Krug demonstrates how communication technology must be studied as an integral part of culture and lived-experience. Rather than stand in awe of the apparent explosion of new technologies! this book links key moments and developments in communication technology with the social conditions of their time. Inhaltsverzeichnis Technology as Culture Technologies of Language Writing, Reading and the Text The Trajectory of the Image The Rise of a Literary Epistemology The Social Background of Self Building the Divided Self Letter Writing Technology, Truth and the Military-Industrial Complex Vannevar Bush and the Modern Conceptualization of Information Information and Social Order Pornography and the Public The Metaphysics of Information

Product details

• Authors: Gary J Krug, Gary J. Krug
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.12.2004
• EAN: 9780761972013
• ISBN: 978-0-7619-7201-3
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Labour, economic and industrial sociology; SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Social Aspects, Impact of science & technology on society, Impact of science and technology on society, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Technology Studies, New Media & Communication Technology