TY - BOOK AU - Briggs, Asa, AU - Briggs, Asa, AU - Burke, Peter TI - Social History of the Media. : ; From Gutenberg to the Internet SN - 9780745644950 U1 - 302.2309 BRI PY - 2010/// CY - UK PB - :Polity Press, KW - Social sciences KW - Social interaction KW - Modern Europe KW - Social Problems N1 - List of Illustrations Preface 1 Introduction 2 Printing in its Contexts 3 The Media and the Public Sphere in Early Modern Europe 4 Technologies and Revolutions 5 New Processes and Patterns 6 Information, Education, Entertainment 7 Media Convergences 8 In and Out of Cyberspace Chronology Further Reading N2 - Presents an overview of communication media and of the social and cultural contexts within which they emerged and evolved over time. This book describes media developments of the early 21st Century, including in particular the rise of social and participatory media and the globalization of media ER -