Development and spread revolution of science and technology

Author: Wu Tingjun
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Publish Date: 2001-02-01
Features: This book proposes a central thesis: communication technology is the driving force of communication development—each breakthrough in communication technology is typically accompanied by the birth of a new communication medium, leading to corresponding improvements in communication levels and changes in communication concepts. Around this central proposition, the book outlines two trajectories of human information communication development: one is the trajectory of communication technology from fire signals to multimedia network technology, and the other is the trajectory of communication from oral communication to multimedia network communication, with attention paid to the relationship between the two. This determines the fundamental characteristics of the book, namely the integration of technology and humanities, the organic combination of the history of communication technology and the history of communication revolution. The former describes the material level, while the latter elaborates on the conceptual level.