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The Second Media Age by Mark Poster is a social science available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Second Media Age about?
This book examines the implications of new communication technologies in the light of the most recent work in social and cultural theory. Poster evaluates critically the concepts of media and technology in various traditions of cultural theory, with the aim of rethinking the relations of humans to machines. The author also examines theories of postmodernity in relation to the new media and the debate over multiculturalism. He argues that new developments in electronic media, such as the Internet
Who reads The Second Media Age?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Mark Poster
- Publisher
- Polity Press ; B. Blackwell
- Published
- 2013
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780745677989
- Category
- social science
- Subjects
- Science, Technology, Sociology
- Updated
- 2026-03-24
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