Innis, H.A. (1950). Empire and communications. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Innis, H.A. (1951). The bias of communication. Toronto: Toronto University
Press.
There was a recent (early 1990s) issue of _continuum_ that was a special
issue on Innis - still chasing that.
Enjoyed the "trains" and would like to see some of your work:
recommendations?.
Phil
At 03:18 16-11-99 -0800, you wrote:
>Hi Phil, Do you have specific references here for Innis? Thanks. Leigh
>
>
>>My questions were perhaps rhetorical to some degree, but unconsciously so.
>>Innis's (1950 1951) insights into the space-time dialectic in social change
>>and rupture suggest that the character of specific media (eg clay tablets,
>>papyrus, codex, paper, telegraph, bits and bytes) have 'specific
>>implications for the nature of knowledge', and for 'knowledge monopolies'
>>peculiar to those media. Clearly, the "Great Man" is no more than a
>>theological hangover, a not so modern mythology that is undoubtedly still
>>alive and as unhealthy as ever. The "Great Man (Men)" always follow in the
>>wake of new media, I think.
>
>
Phil Graham
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