ReviewsA compact, lucid guide to thinking about the media. . . . A trove of research findings and a fund of ideas.-- Kirkus Reviews, Czitrom has produced a significant work that should be read by all scholars interested in the historical forces that have shaped modern American society."-- American Historical Review, Czitrom has produced a significant work that should be read by all scholars interested in the historical forces that have shaped modern American society.-- American Historical Review, A compact, lucid guide to thinking about the media. . . . A trove of research findings and a fund of ideas."-- Kirkus Reviews
SynopsisIn a fascinating and comprehensive intellectual history of modern communication in America, Daniel Czitrom examines the continuing contradictions between the progressive possibilities that new communications technologies offer and their use as instruments of domination and exploitation.