Communication in History: Stone Age Symbols to Social Media

Now in its 7^th edition, Communication in History reveals how media has been influential in both maintaining social order and as powerful agents of change. Forty contributions from a wide range of voices offer instructors the opportunity to customize their courses, and they challenge students to build upon their own knowledge and skill sets. From print to the Internet, readers are introduced to an expansive, intellectually enlivening study of the relationship between human history and communication history. This edition features an expanded discussion of new media and the digital age, as well as new international scholarship on literacy, printing, and sound technologies.