Overview

A social history of communication technology from 1790 to 1995 and a critical analysis of the social shaping and impact of the communication technologies. The text explores the interaction of technology and social context processes such as the move from public to private forms of communication. The moulding of technologies by political and economic forces and the demands of users are also discussed here. The book focuses on: the birth of the modern state at the end of the 18th century; the development of stock markets; the transformation of private life in the modern nuclear family; and the individualism of the late 20th century.

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"`Focusing on the relationship between technological and social change, this study offers a comprehensive social history of communication technologies from 1790 to the present′ - International Review of Social History `A scholarly, analytical assessment which makes substantial contributions to our theoretical understanding of new communication technologies.... The editors of the Media, Culture & Society series of SAGE have done us a great service by arranging for the translation and re-publication of the volume.... The ""shelf life"" and scholarly value of Dynamics will, without doubt, far surpass that of more fashionable publications′ - Communicatiewetenschap"

'Focusing on the relationship between technological and social change, this study offers a comprehensive social history of communication technologies from 1790 to the present' - International Review of Social History 'A scholarly, analytical assessment which makes substantial contributions to our theoretical understanding of new communication technologies... The editors of the Media, Culture & Society series of SAGE have done us a great service by arranging for the translation and re-publication of the volume... The shelf life and scholarly value of Dynamics will, without doubt, far surpass that of more fashionable publications' - Communicatiewetenschap

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Patrice Flichy is head of the communications research group at the French Centre National d′Études des Télécommunications

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