by Irving Fang
ISBN-10: 1-933-01190-4 Alphabet to Internet: Mediated Communication in Our Lives considers
how all of us are affected by the means we have devised for recording and
communicating information. From the start of writing things down, mediated
communication has nudged our world onward, again and again. It has changed
the way we choose to live.
Beginning with the evolution of writing and the alphabet from Sumer to Greece,
Alphabet to Internet traces in a brisk and lively style the development
and the impact of printing, still and motion photography, mail service, the
telegraph, the telephone, recording, broadcasting, the Internet, and the digital
revolution. An additional chapter reflects on the role of communication in
current international political struggles. Another chapter is devoted to the
cultural influence of video games.
“A Timeline of Communication and Culture” contains more than five
thousand entries. It is the most complete and up-to-date resource of its subject
matter in existence.
