1st Edition

Misunderstanding Media

By Brian Winston Copyright 1986
434 Pages
by Routledge

434 Pages
by Routledge

430 Pages
by Routledge

The 1980s saw constant reports of an information revolution. This book, first published in 1986, challenges this view. It argues that the information revolution is an illusion, a rhetorical gambit, an expression of profound historical ignorance, and a movement dedicated to purveying misunderstanding and disseminating disinformation. In this historically based attack on the information revolution,... Read more

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Biography

Winston, Brian