Storia dei media digitali: rivoluzioni e continuità.

Leuzzi, Laura

Abstract

This is a review of the work by Gabriele Balbi and Paolo Magaudda, titled "Storia dei media digitali: rivoluzioni e continuità" ("History of the digital media: revolutions and continuity"). This book traces the socio-cultural history of three digital media that have strongly impacted our lives: computers, internet and mobile telephones. Balbi and Magaudda focus particularly on the last sixty-five years, from the Fifties to today, but with several references to previous centuries' theories and practices. The volume is opened with a foreword by media historian Peppino Ortoleva. In the introduction, the two authors detail the complex methodology employed. As they explain, the book adopts an historical approach, which allows the authors to retrace different tendencies in the "long period (the so called longue durée)", and to capture digital media's "dynamic evolution".

Citation

LEUZZI, L. 2017. Storia dei media digitali: rivoluzioni e continuità. Journal of Italian cinema and media studies [online], 5(1), pages 126-128. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1386/jicms.5.1.111_5

• Journal Article Type: Book Review
• Acceptance Date: Jan 1, 2017
• Online Publication Date: Jan 1, 2017
• Publication Date: Jan 31, 2017
• Deposit Date: Aug 19, 2021
• Publicly Available Date: Aug 19, 2021
• Journal: Journal of Italian cinema and media studies
• Print ISSN: 2047-7368
• Electronic ISSN: 2047-7376
• Publisher: Intellect
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 5
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 126-128
• Item Discussed: BABLI, G. and MAGAUDDA, P. 2014. Storia dei media digitali: rivoluzioni e continuità. Rome-Bari: Editori Laterza. ISBN 9788858116272
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1386/jicms.5.1.111_5
• Keywords: Digital media; Italy
• Public URL: https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/1374962