The Evolution of Information and Communication Technologies

Thomas Pfeffer ()
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Thomas Pfeffer: University of Klagenfurt

Chapter Chapter 2 in Virtualization of Universities, 2012, pp 5-20 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract To create a better understanding of the fundamental effects of new information and communication technologies, like the computer and the Internet, the following chapter describes the emergence of digital media as the most recent step in the long history of the evolution of information and communication technologies. The comparison with other communication technologies, like language, script, print, and broadcasting, makes it obvious that each of these epochal steps created new symbolic layers and specific levels of reality with distinct communicative opportunities. Each of these technologies expands the options for communication and effects the structures of society.

Keywords: Communication Technology; Oral Language; Digital Medium; Oral Communication; Knowledge Stock (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-2065-1_2

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