ISBN:
9780415157858
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xviii, 257 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Print version The Soft Edge
DDC:
302.23
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
The Soft Edge is a one-of-a-kind history of the information revolution. In his lucid and direct style, Paul Levinson, historian and philosopher of media and communications, gives us more than just a history of information technologies. The Soft Edge is a book about theories on the evolution of technology, the effects that human choice has on this (r)evolution, and what's in store for us in the future.Paul Levinson's engaging voice guides us on a tour that explains how communications media have been responsible for major developments in history and for profound chang
Description / Table of Contents:
BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; PREFACE; 1 INTRODUCTION; 2 THE FIRST DIGITAL MEDIUM; 3 THE PRINTED AUTHORSHIP OF THE MODERN WORLD; 4 THE AGE OF PHOTOGRAPHY AND THE AGELESS IMAGE; 5 TELEGRAPHY; 6 TELEPHONE; 7 ELECTRICITY; 8 RADIO; 9 SURVIVAL OF THE MEDIA FIT; 10 REMEDIAL MEDIA; 11 WORD PROCESSING AND ITS MASTERS; 12 THE ONLINE AUTHOR AS PUBLISHER AND BOOKSTOR; 13 HYPERTEXT AND AUTHOR/READER INVERSIONS; 14 THE OPEN WEB AND ITS ENEMIES; 15 TWENTIETH-CENTURY SCREENS; 16 PAPER FUTURES; 17 ELECTRONIC WATERMARKS; 18 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIG ENCE IN REAL LIFE
Description / Table of Contents:
19 YOU CAN'T TOUCH THAT IN CYBERSPACEBIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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