By
Irving Fang, PhD, Irving Fang is a professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Minnesota, where he specializes
in communication history and broadcast journalism. Formerly, he was a professional journalist working in all aspects of the field as
a newspaper reporter, editor, writer, and assistant manager of the ABC News political unit. He has lectured on broadcast news and communication
technology at university and television and radio stations in Europe, Asia, and Africa. During 1996-1997, he served as a Fulbright lecturer/researcher
at the University of the Philippines. In 1990, he was named |Distinguished Broadcast Journalism Educator of the Year| by
the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communications. Dr. Fang lives in the Minneapolis area.
Irving Fang, PhD, Irving Fang is a professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Minnesota, where he specializes
in communication history and broadcast journalism. Formerly, he was a professional journalist working in all aspects of the field as
a newspaper reporter, editor, writer, and assistant manager of the ABC News political unit. He has lectured on broadcast news and communication
technology at university and television and radio stations in Europe, Asia, and Africa. During 1996-1997, he served as a Fulbright lecturer/researcher
at the University of the Philippines. In 1990, he was named |Distinguished Broadcast Journalism Educator of the Year| by
the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communications. Dr. Fang lives in the Minneapolis area.
Description
This exciting new text traces the common themes in the long and complex history of mass communication. It shows how the means of communicating
grew out of their eras, how they developed, how they influenced the societies of those eras, and how they have continued to exert their
influence upon subsequent generations. The book is divided into six periods which are identified as 'Information Revolutions' writing,
printing, mass media, entertainment, the 'toolshed' (which we call 'home' now), and the Information Highway.
In looking at the
ways in which the tools of communication have influenced and been influenced by social change, A History of Mass Communication provides
students of media and journalism with a strong sense of the way their chosen field affects how society functions. Providing a broad-based
approach to media history, Dr. Fang encourages the reader to take a careful look at where our culture is headed through the tools we
use to communicate with one another.
A History of Mass Communication is not only the most current text on communication history, but
also an invaluable resource for anyone interested in how methods of communication affect society.
Audience:
Students of Mass Communication/History of Broadcasting/History of Mass Communications/Media History, anyone interested in the history
of communication, including visitors to the online media history site which carries his timeline (http://spot.colorado.edu/~rossk/history/histhome.html).
CMG lists 492 instructors of media history at 4-year institutions.
