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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... (based on an under- standing 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 means of escape from 17 EMPIRE AND COMMUNICATIONS.
... (based on an under- standing 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 means of escape from 17 EMPIRE AND COMMUNICATIONS.
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... problem was stimulated by the late Professor C.N. Cochrane and the late Professor E.T. Owen. Professor Grant Robertson, Professor W.T. Easterbrook, Mr. R.H. Fleming, and Mr. D.Q. Innis have read the manuscript in whole or in part. I am ...
... problem was stimulated by the late Professor C.N. Cochrane and the late Professor E.T. Owen. Professor Grant Robertson, Professor W.T. Easterbrook, Mr. R.H. Fleming, and Mr. D.Q. Innis have read the manuscript in whole or in part. I am ...
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... problem. It has seemed to me that the subject of communication offers possibilities in that it occupies a crucial position in the organization and administration of government and in turn of empires and of Western civilization. But I ...
... problem. It has seemed to me that the subject of communication offers possibilities in that it occupies a crucial position in the organization and administration of government and in turn of empires and of Western civilization. But I ...
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... problem of analysing the demand for the finished product. Concentration on staple prod- ucts incidental to the geographic background has involved prob- lems not only in the supply area but also in the demand area, to mention only the ...
... problem of analysing the demand for the finished product. Concentration on staple prod- ucts incidental to the geographic background has involved prob- lems not only in the supply area but also in the demand area, to mention only the ...
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... problem of empire, and in particular with factors responsible for the successful operation of “centrifugal and centripetal forces.” In the organization of large areas, communication occupies a vital place, and it is significant that ...
... problem of empire, and in particular with factors responsible for the successful operation of “centrifugal and centripetal forces.” In the organization of large areas, communication occupies a vital place, and it is significant that ...
Inhalt
9 | |
32 | |
46 | |
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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