The Soft Edge: A Natural History and Future of the Information RevolutionPsychology Press, 1998 - 257 páginas The Soft Edge is a one-of-a-kind history of the information revolution. In his lucid and direct style, Paul Levinson, historian and philosopher of media and communications, gives us more than just a history of information technologies. The Soft Edge is a book about theories on the evolution of technology, the effects that human choice has on this (r)evolution, and what's in store for us in the future. |
Conteúdo
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
THE FIRST DIGITAL MEDIUM | 11 |
THE PRINTED AUTHORSHIP OF THE MODERN WORLD | 21 |
THE AGE OF PHOTOGRAPHY AND THE AGELESS IMAGE | 37 |
TELEPHONE | 59 |
ELECTRICITY | 69 |
RADIO | 78 |
SURVIVAL OF THE MEDIA FIT | 91 |
HYPERTEXT AND AUTHORREADER INVERSIONS | 136 |
THE OPEN WEB AND ITS ENEMIES | 148 |
TWENTIETHCENTURY SCREENS | 162 |
PAPER FUTURES | 174 |
ELECTRONIC WATERMARKS | 187 |
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN REAL LIFE | 205 |
YOU CANT TOUCH THAT IN CYBERSPACE | 222 |
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