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The Bias of Communication

by (author) Harold A. Innis

Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Initial publish date
Sep 2008
Category
Communication Studies, General, Telecommunications

  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780802096067
    Publish Date
    Sep 2008
    List Price
    $33.95

  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781442692169
    Publish Date
    Apr 1999
    List Price
    $35.95

  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780802068392
    Publish Date
    Apr 1999
    List Price
    $30.95

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One of the most influential books ever published in Canada, Harold A. Innis's The Bias of Communication has played a major part in reshaping our understanding of history, communication, and media theory. First published in 1951, this masterful collection of essays explores the relationship between a society's communication media and that community's ability to maintain control over its development. Innis considers political and economic forces in the context of social change and the role of communication in the creation of both ancient and modern empires.

In an essay for this new edition, Innis biographer Alexander John Watson examines the reasons why Innis, at the height of his success as an economic historian, embarked on new research areas of communications and empire, as well as the ways in which Marshall McLuhan's interpretations of Innis changed and de-politicized Innis's work.

As important today as it was when first published, The Bias of Communication is essential reading for historians and scholars of communication and media studies.

About the author

Harold A. Innis (1894-1952) was a Canadian professor of political economy at the University of Toronto and the author of seminal works on media, communication theory and Canadian economic history.

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