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 | | Computer Media and Communication by Paul Mayer (Editor) ISBN-10: 9780198742586 ISBN-10: 0-19-874258-4 ISBN-13: 9780198742586 ISBN-13: 978-0-19-874258-6 Hardcover 2001-02-15 Oxford University Press, USA Find Lowest Price |
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Product Description Computer Media and Communication: A Reader is a collection of key texts selected for their significance to thought about computers as media. The book is divided into two parts. The chapters in the first part offer a chronological overview of how thinking about computers as a means of communication developed, while the second part offers prophetic analyses of the implications of computer media for culture and society, while exemplifying significant directions of current research. The book not only provides an insight into how thinking about computers as media has developed but also is an excellent guide for students and others interested in the field of media and communication studies. (This book is the first in the Oxford Readers in Media and Communication series under the General Editorship of Professors Brian Winston and Everette Dennis which will be an authoritative wide-ranging series of readings for media students. There are more than eighty institutions in the UK offering courses in the field at present and in the USA this number is ten times as great.) | ||
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Mindblowing texts that makes you go "Aha!" This book is a unique collection of some of the most important writings ever of understanding the computer - both as a concept in itself and as a machine that has forced us to reinterpret many aspects of everyday life. I found it intriguing reading all the way through, and its one of those books that already bears obvious signs of use - I've written remarks all over, post-it notes are sticking out and the pages have nice round coffee stain decorations. This is definitely one of my best buys ever! | ||