01669pam a2200193   45000010005000000080039000050100015000440200028000591000024000872450090001112600036002013000025002375040063002625050775003255200235011006500058013356500039013936510043014328068031008s2004    nyu      b    001 0 eng  a2003020915  a0465081932 (alk. paper)1 aStarr, Paul,d1949-14aThe creation of the media :bpolitical origins of modern communications /cPaul Starr  aNew York :bBasic Books,cc2004  axii, 484 p. ;c25 cm  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 403-470) and index  aThe 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.grt  a" 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." 0aMass mediaxPolitical aspectszUnited StatesxHistory 0aMass mediazUnited StatesxHistory 0aUnited StatesxPolitics and government