TY - BOOK AU - Poe, Marshall TI - A history of communications: media and society from the evolution of speech to the Internet SN - 9780521179447 U1 - 302.209 PY - 2011/// CY - Cambridge PB - Cambridge University Press N1 - 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 ER -