TY - BOOK AU - Urquhart, Peter [Editor] AU - Heyer, Paul [Editor] TI - Communication in history: stone age symbols to social media SN - 9781032161754 U1 - 302.209 PY - 2024/// CY - New York PB - Routledge KW - Social--Cultural history KW - Sociology--Social policy N1 - Table of contents: Preface Part One: The Media of Early Civilization 1. The Earliest Precursor of Writing Denise Schmandt-Besserat 2. Media in Ancient Empires Harold Innis 3. Civilization Without Writing—The Incas and the Quipu Marcia Ascher and Robert Ascher 4. The Origins of Writing Andrew Robinson Part Two: The Tradition of Western Literacy 5. The Greek Legacy Eric Havelock 6. Writing and the Alphabet Effect Robert K. Logan 7. Writing Restructures Consciousness Walter Ong Part Three: The Print Revolution 8. Paper and Block Printing—From China to Europe Thomas F. Carter 9. The Invention of Printing Lewis Mumford 10. Early Modern Literacies Harvey J. Graff 11. Sensationalism and News Mitchell Stephens Part Four: Electricity Creates the Wired World 12. Time, Space, and the Telegraph James W. Carey 13. Anti-Lynching Imagery as Visual Protest in in the 1890s Black Press Amanda Friskin 14. The Telephone Takes Command Claude S. Fischer 15. Dream Worlds of Consumption Rosalynd Williams 16. Wireless World Stephen Kern Part Five: Image and Sound 17. Visual Reportage I Thierry Gervais 18. Visual Reportage II Richard Meyer 19. Inscribing Sound Lisa Gitelman 20. The Making of the Phonograph Jonathan Sterne 21. Early Motion Pictures Daniel Czitrom Chapter 22 “Talkies” and Stardom Michael Slowick Part Six: Broadcasting 23. Early Radio Susan J. Douglas 24. The Golden Age of Programming Christopher Sterling and John M. Kittross 25. Race on Radio Barbara Savage 26. Television Begins William Boddy 27. Making Room for TV Lynn Spigel 28. From Turmoil to Tranquility Gary Edgerton Part Seven: New Media and Old in the Digital Age 29. How Media Became New Lev Manovich 30. Popularizing the Internet Janet Abbate 31. The World Wide Web Jay David Bolter and Richard Grusin 32. A Cultural History of Web 2.0 Alice E. Marwick 33. Social Media Retweets History Tom Standage 34. How Algorithms Rule Online Eiri Elvestad and Angela Phillips Discussion Questions Suggested Readings Credits Index (https://www.routledge.com/Communication-in-History-Stone-Age-Symbols-to-Social-Media/Urquhart-Heyer/p/book/9781032161754) N2 - This updated eighth edition provides a thorough and engaging history of communication and media through a collection of essential, field-defining essays. The collection reveals how media has been influential in both maintaining social order and enabling social change. Contributions from a wide range of voices offer instructors the opportunity to customize their courses while challenging students to build upon their own knowledge and skill sets. From stone age symbols and early writing to the internet and social media, readers are introduced to an expansive, intellectually enlivening study of the relationship between human history and communication media. New case studies explore the Black Press, the impact of photography on journalism, gender and civil rights discourses in the media, and the effects of algorithmic data on modern social media platforms. This book can be used as a core text or supplemental reader for courses in communication history, communication theory, and introductory courses in communication and media studies. (https://www.routledge.com/Communication-in-History-Stone-Age-Symbols-to-Social-Media/Urquhart-Heyer/p/book/9781032161754) ER -