Messages : : free expression, media and the west from Gutenberg to Google / / Brian Winston.

• Author: Museum für Islamische Kunst (Berlin, Germany)
• VerfasserIn: Winston, Brian.,
• TeilnehmendeR: Museum für Islamische Kunst (Berlin, Germany); Skulpturensammlung und Museum für Byzantinische Kunst (Germany)
• Place / Publishing House: London ;, New York : : Routledge,, 2005.
• Year of Publication: 2005
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (443 p.)
• Notes: Includes index.

Easy to read, and highly topical, Messages writes a history of mass communication in Europe and its outreaches, as a search for the origins of media forms from print and stage, to photography, film and broadcasting.Arguing that the development of the mass media has been an essential engine driving t...