The bias of communication / Harold A. Innis ; with a new introduction by Alexander John Watson.

Main entry:

Innis, Harold A. (Harold Adams), 1894-1952.

Title & Author:

The bias of communication / Harold A. Innis ; with a new introduction by Alexander John Watson.

Edition:

2nd ed.

Publication:

Description:

xliv, 226 pages ; 23 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Minerva's owl -- The bias of communication -- A plea for time -- The problem of space -- Industrialism and cultural values -- The English publishing trade in the eighteenth century -- Technology and public opinion in the United States -- "A critical review."

Summary:

"Harold Innis understood that the capacity of modern electronic mass media to divert (entertain), advertise (sell services and products), and justify ("spin" politics) was leading to imbalance at the centre of the West - the United States. Many phenomena that we are seeing there so many years later were foreseen by Innis. Examples would be the emphasis of revelation over reason, the presentation of politics as entertainment, and the employment of war (force) to solve relatively small problems that would have been previously addressed by diplomacy (intelligence)."--Jacket.

ISBN:

9780802096067 (pbk. ; acid-free paper)
0802096069 (pbk. ; acid-free paper)

Subject:

Communication History.
Communication Social aspects.
Communication Histoire.
Communication Aspect social.
Communication.
Masskommunikation.

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 279065
Call No.: BIB 214912
Status: Available

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