A history of communications: media and society from the evolution of speech to the Internet/
Marshall Poe
- 1st ed.
- Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011.
- xi, 337 p.
Introduction: media causes and effects; 1. Homo loquens: humanity in the age of speech and memory; 2. Homo scriptor: humanity in the age of manuscripts; 3. Homo lector: humanity in the age of print; 4. Homo videns: humanity in the age of the audio-visual media; 5. Homo somnians: humanity in the age of Internet; Conclusion: the media and human well-being.