Written by two leading social and cultural historians, the first two editions of A Social History
of the Media became classic textbooks, providing a masterful overview of communication …

From the punch card calculating machine to the personal computer to the iPhone and more,
this in-depth text offers a comprehensive introduction to digital media history for students …

This volume aims to bring a number of conversations about communication in history into
conversation with one another. At its most ambitious, it seeks to inject new, cross-national …

From Gutenberg to the Internet presents 63 original readings from the history of computing,
networking, and telecommunications arranged thematically by chapters. Most of the …

Getting the Message is a unique and engaging exploration of the fascinating history of
communications, starting with ancient civilisations, the Greeks and Romans, then leading …

A “riveting and thoroughly researched” history of language technology's effect on society
across millennia—from Sumerian syntax to social media hashtags (Phil Lapsley). Writing …

A History of Communications advances a theory of media that explains the origins and
impact of different forms of communication-speech, writing, print, electronic devices and the …

" An Introduction to the History of Communication: Evolutions and Revolutions provides a
comprehensive overview of how human communication has changed and is changing …

The field of communication has always emphasized the future. It grew from a need to make
sense out of the encounter with novel technologies and cultural forms in the United States …

This lively new study is a critical cultural history of communication technologies, from
railways and telegraphy to computers and the Internet, in which Rod Giblett argues that …