The New Media Invasion: Digital Technologies and the World They Unmake

by John David Ebert

From the 15th century until the mid-1990s, media based on the printed word--books, magazines, handbills, newspapers, and journals--dominated society. Today, an onslaught of digital media centered on the Internet is developing at a breathtaking pace, destabilizing the very idea of printed media and fundamentally reshaping our world in the process.

This study explores how Internet entities like Amazon, YouTube, Facebook, Wikipedia, and Google,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786465603
• ISBN13: 9780786465606
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 231 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher