TY - BOOK TI - Media and communication technologies: a critical introduction SN - 9781403998903 U1 - 302.32 PY - 2009/// CY - UK PB - Palgrave macmillan N1 - Introduction.- The Early History of Technology and Communications: The Telegraph and the Telephone.- Radio.- Television.- Communication Channels: Data Delivery Platforms.- Digital Signals and Digital Broadcasting.- Computing, Communication and Convergence.- Mobile Communications.- An Information Society? ER -