Media and Modernity: A Social Theory of the MediaThis wide-ranging and innovative book develops an original theory of the media and their impact on the modern world, from the emergence of printing to the most recent developments in the media industries. |
Contents
Some Characteristics of Mass Communication | |
The Reordering of Space and Time | |
Communication Appropriation and Everyday Life | |
The Media and the Development of Modern Societies | |
Communication Commodification and the Advent of Printing | |
The Rise of Mediated Publicness | |
The Management of Visibility | |
Gaffes Scandals and Other Sources | |
The Globalization of Communication | |
The Remooring of Tradition | |
Tradition Destroyed? | |
Tradition Dislodged | |
Self and Experience in a Mediated World | |
The Rise of the Trade in News | |
A Preliminary Assessment | |
An Overview | |
Three Types of Interaction | |
The Social Organization of Mediated Quasiinteraction | |
Acting for Distant Others | |
Responsive Action in Distant | |
The Transformation of Visibility | |
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