Media and the American Mind: From Morse to McLuhanIn a fascinating and comprehensive intellectual history of modern communication in America, Daniel Czitrom examines the continuing contradictions between the progressive possibilities that new communications technologies offer and their use as instruments of domination and exploitation. |
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Modern Communication 18381900 | 3 |
American Motion Pictures and | 30 |
American Radio from Wireless | 60 |
Copyright | |
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