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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... character whose obscurity came to be celebrated by communications scholars as a precursor to McLuhan's own style. Decades later, Innisian scholars were plagued with the belief that there might be some sort of key that could be ...
... character whose obscurity came to be celebrated by communications scholars as a precursor to McLuhan's own style. Decades later, Innisian scholars were plagued with the belief that there might be some sort of key that could be ...
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... character of that influence, can hardly claim pow- ers of objectivity adequate to the task in hand. It is an advantage, however, to emphasize these dangers at the beginning so that we can at least be alert to the implications of this ...
... character of that influence, can hardly claim pow- ers of objectivity adequate to the task in hand. It is an advantage, however, to emphasize these dangers at the beginning so that we can at least be alert to the implications of this ...
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... character of which has been deter- mined by the culture of the aborigines and by the effectiveness of navigation by lake, river, and ocean to Europe.a Along the north Atlantic coast the cod fisheries were exploited over an extensive ...
... character of which has been deter- mined by the culture of the aborigines and by the effectiveness of navigation by lake, river, and ocean to Europe.a Along the north Atlantic coast the cod fisheries were exploited over an extensive ...
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... character of the British Empire during the present century has been in part a result of the pulp and paper industry and its influence on public opinion, but I have felt it wise to proceed with instruments with which I am familiar and ...
... character of the British Empire during the present century has been in part a result of the pulp and paper industry and its influence on public opinion, but I have felt it wise to proceed with instruments with which I am familiar and ...
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... character, such as parchment, clay, and stone.The heavy materials are suited to the development of architecture and sculpture. Media that emphasize space are apt to be less durable and light in character, such as papyrus and paper.The ...
... character, such as parchment, clay, and stone.The heavy materials are suited to the development of architecture and sculpture. Media that emphasize space are apt to be less durable and light in character, such as papyrus and paper.The ...
Inhalt
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The Oral Tradition and Greek Civilization | 75 |
The Written Tradition and the Roman Empire | 106 |
Parchment and Paper | 138 |
Paper and the Printing Press | 164 |
Notes | 199 |
Marginalia | 220 |
Suggested Reading | 270 |
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