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Media in Transition, Fall 2004
Author: Ravel, Jeffrey
Subject: Science and Technology
Institution Name:
M.I.T.
Collection Name: MIT OpenCourseWare
Abstract: Centers on historical eras in which the form and function of media technologies were radically transformed. Includes consideration of the "Gutenberg Revolution," the rise of modern mass media, and the "digital revolution," among other case studies of media transformation and cultural change. Readings in cultural and social history and historiographic method. Details
Course Type: Full Course
Material Types: Activities and Labs, Homework and Assignments, Syllabi
Media Formats: Text/HTML, Downloadable docs
Language: English
Conditions of Use: Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike 3.0 Additional InformationGeographic
Regional Relevance: All
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Keywords
Comparative Media Studies
Daguerreotype
Fox Talbot
Gutenberg
Media
Morse
books
broadcasting
cinema
codex book
communication
cultural change
cultural history
electrification
film
historiographic method
history
image
inventions
mass media
medieval history
modernity
nineteenth century
phonograph
photography
printing
printing press
publishing
radio
renaissance
romanticism
social history
sound recording
stage
telegraph
theater
video
writing
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