Poe, Marshall

A history of communications: media and society from the evolution of speech to the Internet/ Marshall Poe - 1st ed. - Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011. - xi, 337 p.

Introduction: media causes and effects;
1. Homo loquens: humanity in the age of speech and memory;
2. Homo scriptor: humanity in the age of manuscripts;
3. Homo lector: humanity in the age of print;
4. Homo videns: humanity in the age of the audio-visual media;
5. Homo somnians: humanity in the age of Internet;
Conclusion: the media and human well-being.

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