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The Soft Edge
A Natural History and Future of the Information Revolution
by Paul Levinson
ISBN: 0415157854
ISBN-13: 9780415157858
Format: Hardcover
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Publisher: Routledge
Published date: 1997
Size: 6.5 x 9.5 inches
Weight: 1.4 pounds
Pages: 257
Publisher's Notes
With an estimated 50 million users of the internet worldwide today, rapid advancements in technological communication are always wide-reaching and anticipated. While today we expect continuous innovations, history shows the startling impact advancements have on society is not just recent. The Soft Edge provides an engaging tour of how communications media have been responsible for major developments in history and for the significant changes in our personal and social lives today.
Paul Levinson shows how information technologies influence events in decisive ways at crucial times in history and how they are selected for survival based on how well they accommodate human needs. Using often original and unusual interpretations of historic events, such as the influence of the printing press on the spread of the Protestant Reformation, Levinson also details the technologies that survived in spite of further advancements, including the radio and word processor, after the advent of
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