Irving FangA History of Mass Communication
Six Information Revolutions
Acknowledgments; What Are Information Revolutions?; Political Tools and Weapons; Writing: The Invention of Writing
Skin and Bones and Papyrus
The Alphabet
The Greeks
Carrying the Message; Printing: Turbulent Europe
Gift From China
Books and Universities
Mail in the Middle Ages
Here a New
There a New
Printing and Literacy
Did Gutenberg Know About China?; Mass Media: The Turmoil of a New Age
Printing For Everyone
Paper For Everyone
Information Pump
The Muckrakers
Women Can Type
'If Anyone Desires'
Solving Postal Problems
Photography
Current News
Voices on a Wire
Signals in the Air
Movies Are Born; Entertainment: Public Recreation
Entertaining Newspapers
Magazines for the Fragmented Public
The Novel
Entertainment on a Plate
Portable Recording
Broadcasting
Improving Pictures
Movies Tell Stories; The Toolshed Home: The Communication Toolshed
Home Mail Delivery
New Uses for Phones
'Free' Entertainment
Pictures in the Parlor
Tragedy in the Parlor
Wiring the Toolshed
Videotape
the New Book
Setting New Records
We Still Have Books; The Highway: Heavy Traffic
Computer at the Wheel
Magazines Target Their Readers
Multimedia CD-ROM
A Newer Book
Cable Narrowcasting
Footprints on the Globe
Electronic Commuting
The Internet
Mailbox in the Computer
Faxing
Going Up the Highway; Summing Up; Bibliography; Communication Timeline; Index.