The Master Switch The Rise and Fall of Information Empires
The Internet Age: on the face of it, an era of unprecedented freedom in both communication and culture. Yet in the past, each major new medium, from telephone to satellite television, has crested on a wave of similar idealistic optimism, before succumbing to the inevitable undertow of industrial con...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Atlantic Books Ltd
2010.
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009755149106719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; The Master Switch; Copyright; Dedication; Epigraph; Introduction; Part I: The Rise; Chapter 1: The Disruptive Founder; Chapter 2: Radio Dreams; Chapter 3: Mr. Vail Is a Big Man; Chapter 4: The Time Is Not Ripe for Feature Films; Chapter 5: Centralize All Radio Activities; Chapter 6: The Paramount Ideal; Part II: Beneath the All- Seeing Eye; Chapter 7: The Foreign Attachment; Chapter 8: The Legion of Decency; Chapter 9: FM Radio; Chapter 10: Now We Add Sight to Sound; Part III: The Rebels, the Challengers, and the Fall; Chapter 11: The Right Kind of Breakup
- Chapter 12: The Radicalism of the Internet RevolutionChapter 13; Chapter 14: Broken Bell; Chapter 15: Esperanto for Machines; Part IV: Reborn Without a Soul; Chapter 16: Turner Does Television; Chapter 17: Mass Production of the Spirit; Chapter 18: The Return of AT&T; Part V: The Internet Against Everyone; Chapter 19: A Surprising Wreck; Chapter 20: Father and Son; Chapter 21: The Separations Principle; Acknowledgments; Notes; Index; A Note on the Type
