The creation of the media : political origins of modern communications / Paul Starr

By:

Starr, Paul, 1949-

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TextPublication details: New York : Basic Books, c2004Description: xii, 484 p. ; 25 cmISBN:

0465081932 (alk. paper)

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Contents:

The political origins of modern communications -- Part I: The opening of the public sphere, 1600-1860 -- 1. Early modern origins -- 2. New foundations -- 3. America's first information revolution -- 4. Capitalism and democracy in print -- Part II: The rise of technological networks, 1840-1930 -- 5. The first wave -- 6. New connections: telephone, cable, and wireless -- Part III: The making of the modern media, 1865-1941 -- 7. Great transformations: The early mass media and the diversity dynamic -- 8. The rediscovery of the first amendment -- 9. The framing of the movies -- 10. The constitution of the air (1): The origins of broadcasting -- 11. The constitution of the air (2): Creating the new public sphere -- 12. Coda: The advent of the media.

Summary: " A sweeping social history of the political roots of the information age, by one of this country's most distinguished public intellectuals, the Pulitzer Prize- winning author of The Social Transformation of American Medicine."

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Barcode
Faculty Reserve	RTC Library Faculty reserve	Fac res	302.23 STA	1	Available	30012030
Main	RTC Library Main opac	Main TEST	302.23 STA	2	Available	30012222
Main	RTC Library Main opac	Main TEST	302.23 STA	3	Available	30013172
Main	RTC Library Main opac	Main TEST	302.23 STA	4	Available	30013611

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 403-470) and index

" A sweeping social history of the political roots of the information age, by one of this country's most distinguished public intellectuals, the Pulitzer Prize- winning author of The Social Transformation of American Medicine."

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