{"product_id":"misunderstanding-media-9781138699984","title":"Misunderstanding Media","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Brian Winston\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Taylor \u0026amp; Francis\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Questions \u0026amp; Answers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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, Professor Winston takes a had look at the four central information technologies - telephones, television, computers and satellites. He describes how these technologies were created and diffused, showing that instead of revolution we just have 'business as usual'. He formulates a 'law' of the suppression of radical potential - a law which states that new telecommunication technologies are introduced into society only insofar as their disruptive potential is contained. Despite the so-called information revolution, the major institutions of society remain unchanged, and most of us remain in total ignorance of the history of technology.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45237709471895,"sku":"9781138699984","price":10791.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781138699984.webp?v=1769217363","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/misunderstanding-media-9781138699984","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}