The Information Process

"The content ranges from the invention of the alphabet, paper and ink, and the printing press to teh perfection of the mass communication system. Supplementing a description of how news was gathered and disseminated through the centuries is a detailed account of the great advances that came in the nineteenth century. These advances relate to the growth of newspaper enterprises, the development of telegraph, cable, telephone, and wireless, th creation of news agencies, and the appearance of photography."--From book jacket.