Empire and CommunicationsDundurn, 01.01.2007 - 288 Seiten It’s been said that without Harold A. Innis there could have been no Marshall McLuhan. Empire and Communications is one of Innis’s most important contributions to the debate about how media influence the development of consciousness and societies. In this seminal text, he traces humanity’s movement from the oral tradition of preliterate cultures to the electronic media of recent times. Along the way, he presents his own influential concepts of oral communication, time and space bias, and monopolies of knowledge. |
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... bias of media in terms of sensory factors — whether the various media were eye- or ear-oriented — and pointed out inconsistencies in Innis's argument based on this interpretation of the concept of 15 EMPIRE AND COMMUNICATIONS.
... bias of media in terms of sensory factors — whether the various media were eye- or ear-oriented — and pointed out inconsistencies in Innis's argument based on this interpretation of the concept of 15 EMPIRE AND COMMUNICATIONS.
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Harold A. Innis. Innis's argument based on this interpretation of the concept of bias. In so doing, he largely de-politicized Innis and replaced his pessimistic outlook on the impasse we are currently experiencing with what ...
Harold A. Innis. Innis's argument based on this interpretation of the concept of bias. In so doing, he largely de-politicized Innis and replaced his pessimistic outlook on the impasse we are currently experiencing with what ...
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... concept of time and space) and a theory of technology (based on an understanding of the biases of media of communications). In so doing, he hoped to overcome the persistent problem of objectivity in the social sciences and provide a ...
... concept of time and space) and a theory of technology (based on an understanding of the biases of media of communications). In so doing, he hoped to overcome the persistent problem of objectivity in the social sciences and provide a ...
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... concepts of time and space reflect the significance of media to civilization. Media that emphasize time are those that are durable in character, such as parchment, clay, and stone.The heavy materials are suited to the development of ...
... concepts of time and space reflect the significance of media to civilization. Media that emphasize time are those that are durable in character, such as parchment, clay, and stone.The heavy materials are suited to the development of ...
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... concept of empire as an indication of the efficiency of communication. It will reflect to an important extent the efficiency of particular media of communication and its possibilities in creating conditions favourable to creative ...
... concept of empire as an indication of the efficiency of communication. It will reflect to an important extent the efficiency of particular media of communication and its possibilities in creating conditions favourable to creative ...
Inhalt
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The Oral Tradition and Greek Civilization | 75 |
The Written Tradition and the Roman Empire | 106 |
Paper and the Printing Press | 138 |
Paper and the Printing Press | 164 |
Notes | 199 |
Marginalia | 220 |
Suggested Reading | 270 |
Index | 274 |
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