Topic 2: Traditional Media, Mass Media, New Media
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Let’s Begin
In this section, we will further learn the evolution and development of communication and media technologies through Fang’s discussion of information revolutions.
Read
Read “What Are Information Revolutions?” (pp. xv-xxxiv) of A History of Mass Communication: Six Information Revolutions by Irving Fang (1997).
Think
Study questions:
- How is an information revolution defined?
2. How do you think these information revolutions affect human communication?
3. Do you think we are experiencing a new information revolution? If yes, what will you call it and why?
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