O autor desenvolve aqui uma teoria social da mídia e de seu impacto. Sustenta que o desenvolvimento da mídia transformou a constituição espacial e temporal da vida social, criando novas formas de ação e interação não mais ligadas ao compartilhar de um local comum. Interligando vários temas, articula a teoria confrontando-a com questões como - Qual o papel desempenhado pela mídia na formação das sociedades modernas? Como entender o impacto social das novas formas de difusão de comunicação e informação, desde o advento da imprensa até a expansão das redes de comunicação global de hoje?
I had to read this book for one of my first year's university exams. So far, it's one of the few academic books that didn't bore me to death but, on the contrary, caught my attention. I found it really interesting and eye-opening - I could see myself in the description of today's society.
کتاب بسیار خوب و ترجمهٔ بسیار بد. توی خیلی از ریدینگ لیستهای دانشگاههای جهان هست و حقا از کتابهای خیلی خوب در حوزهٔ جامعهشناسی ارتباطاته. اما اگر ناشر ویراستار استخدام میکرد کتاب قابل استفادهتری بود! البته ترجمهٔ بدش غیرقابل تحمل نیست و باز هم میشه از کتاب حظ کافی برد.
I read this as a student first, but wanted to rehash the argument--most importantly to check how well it has fared after the Internet 'revolution'. It has. Partly because the theoretical point Thompson makes are in some ways timeless and regardless of all kinds of prophets of singularity, the social media is not a substitute for face to face interaction. Second, the book is a good example of historical sociology, tracing developments in media across centuries, not just concentrating on the here and now. OK, I'd love to see a new edition and a new chapter, but the book still stands on its own without one as well.
El autor muestra ‘nuevas’ formas de comunicación en nuestra sociedad al tiempo que reflexiona sobre la ‘nueva’ situación en la que los encuentros ya no son más en un mismo entorno físico.
V podstatě jen pojmenovává jevy, které mi byly od začátku jasné, ale je docela zajímavé si to utřídit. Plus příklady z americké politické scény jsou super!