Alphabet to internet: media in our lives
Introduction : adapting to our media environment -- 1. Writing : gathering thought -- 2. Early printing : reaching more of us -- 3. Mass printing : reaching still more -- 4. Mail : the snail that could -- 5. Telegraph : uniting the United States -- 6. Telephone : reaching without touching -- 7. Recording : Beyonce sings better than our sister -- 8. Photography : personal and so much more -- 9. Silent film : the audiences waits -- 10. A movie century : moving us -- 11. Radio : helping us through the rough years -- 12. Television : pictures in our parlors -- 13. Computers : beyond calculation -- 14. The internet : the world at our fingertips -- 15. Video games : leaning forward -- 16. Persuasion : the push never stops -- 17. Media matter : entwined in human life.
