What role have communication Media played in the formation of modern societies? How should we understand the Social impact of new forms of communication and information diffusion, from the advent of printing in fifteenth-century Europe to the expansion of global communication networks today? In this major new work, Thompson addresses these and other questions by elaborating a distinctive Social Theory of communication Media and their impact.
He argues that the development of communication med.
What role have communication Media played in the formation of modern societies? How should we understand the Social impact of new forms of communication and information diffusion, from the advent of printing in fifteenth-century Europe to the expansion of global communication networks today? In this major new work, Thompson addresses these and other questions by elaborating a distinctive Social Theory of communication Media and their impact