Deibert, Ronald J.

Parchment, printing, and hypermedia : communication in world order transformation / Ronald J. Deibert. - New York : Columbia University Press, c1997. - xi, 329 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - New directions in world politics .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-314) and index.

1. Medium theory, ecological holism, and the study of world order transformation -- Part 1: Printing and the medieval to modern world order transformation - 2. From the parchment codex to the printing press: the sacred word and the rise and fall of medieval theocracy - 3. Print and the medieval to modern world order transformation: distributional changes - 4. Print and the medieval to modern world order transformation: changes to social epistemology -- Part 2: Hypermedia and the modern to postmodern world order transformation - 5. Transformation in the mode of communication: the emergence of the hypermedia environment - 6. Hypermedia and the modern to postmodern world order transformation: distributional changes - 7. Hypermedia and the modern to postmodern world order transformation: changes to social epistemology - 8. Conclusion.

0231107137 (pbk.)


Communication--Technological innovations--History.
Civilization--History.
Communication and culture--History.

302.2 / DEI