本課程集中於媒體科技的形式和功能被徹底改變的歷史時代,包括思考“古騰堡革命”,現代大衆傳媒的崛起和“數位革命”,以及媒體轉型與文化變革的案例探討。閱讀內容涵蓋文化與社會歷史及編史學的方法。
(註:古騰堡Gutenberg, Johannes 1400-1468,發明活版印刷的德國人)
This course centers on historical eras in which the form and function of media technologies were radically transformed. It includes consideration of the "Gutenberg Revolution," the rise of modern mass media, and the "digital revolution," among other case studies of media transformation and cultural change. Readings cover cultural and social history and historiographic methods.