EMPIRE AND COMMUNICATIONS by Harold Adams Innis, Alexander John Watson ( 9781550026627 )

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Title:

EMPIRE AND COMMUNICATIONS

By:

Harold Adams Innis, Alexander John Watson

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Paperback

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ISBN 10:

1550026623

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9781550026627

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Publisher:

DUNDURN GROUP LTD

Pub. date:

23 September, 2006

Pages:

290

Description:

Presents a debate about how media influences the development of consciousness and societies. This book traces humanity's movement from the oral tradition of preliterate cultures to the electronic media.

Synopsis:

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. Alexander John Watson is the author of Marginal Man:The Dark Vision of Harold Innis and is the president and CEO of CARE Canada.

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black & white illustrations

Publication:

Canada

Imprint:

Dundurn Group Ltd

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