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A history of digital media : an intermedia and global perspective / Gabriele Balbi and Paolo Magaudda.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Italian Publisher: New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2018Description: xiii, 281 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781138630222
Uniform titles:
  • Storia dei media digitali. English
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 384.3309 BA. H 2018 23
LOC classification:
  • TK5103.7 .B358413 2018
Contents:
Why study the history of digital media and how? -- The computer -- Internet -- The mobile phone -- The digitization of analog media.
Summary: From the punch card calculating machine to the personal computer to the iPhone and more, this in-depth text offers a comprehensive introduction to digital media history for students and scholars across media and communication studies, providing an overview of the main turning points in digital media and highlighting the interactions between political, business, technical, social, and cultural elements throughout history. With a global scope and an intermedia focus, this book enables students and scholars alike to deepen their critical understanding of digital communication, adding an understudied historical layer to the examination of digital media and societies. Discussion questions, a timeline, and previously unpublished tables and maps are included to guide readers as they learn to contextualize and critically analyze the digital technologies we use every day.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 246-266) and index.

Why study the history of digital media and how? -- The computer -- Internet -- The mobile phone -- The digitization of analog media.

From the punch card calculating machine to the personal computer to the iPhone and more, this in-depth text offers a comprehensive introduction to digital media history for students and scholars across media and communication studies, providing an overview of the main turning points in digital media and highlighting the interactions between political, business, technical, social, and cultural elements throughout history. With a global scope and an intermedia focus, this book enables students and scholars alike to deepen their critical understanding of digital communication, adding an understudied historical layer to the examination of digital media and societies. Discussion questions, a timeline, and previously unpublished tables and maps are included to guide readers as they learn to contextualize and critically analyze the digital technologies we use every day.

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