TY - BOOK ID - 3006725 TI - Messages : free expression, media and the west from Gutenberg to Google AU - Winston, Brian. AU - Museum für Islamische Kunst (Berlin, Germany) AU - Skulpturensammlung und Museum für Byzantinische Kunst (Germany) PY - 2005 VL - 4 SN - 9004149562 9789004149564 1134572921 1280290250 9786610290253 0203015630 9780203015636 0415232228 9780415232227 9780415364577 0415364574 6610290253 9781134572878 9781134572915 9781134572922 9789047418290 1134572913 PB - London ; New York : Routledge, DB - UniCat KW - Textile fabrics, Ancient KW - Textiles et tissus antiques KW - Textile fabrics [Ancient ] KW - Egypt KW - Congresses KW - Textile fabrics KW - Inscriptions KW - Mass media KW - History. KW - Cloth KW - Fabrics KW - Textile industry and fabrics KW - Textiles KW - Ancient textile fabrics KW - History KW - Decorative arts KW - Dry-goods KW - Weaving KW - Textile fibers KW - Médias KW - Histoire KW - Égypte KW - Manufacturing technologies KW - inscriptions KW - textile materials UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:3006725 AB - Easy to read, and highly topical, Messages writes a history of mass communication in Europe and its outreaches, as a search for the origins of media forms from print and stage, to photography, film and broadcasting.Arguing that the development of the mass media has been an essential engine driving the western concept of an individual, Brian Winston examines how the right of free expression is under attack, and how the roots of media expression need to be recalled to make a case for the media's importance for the protection of individual liberty.Relating ER -