ANTHONY SMITH
GOODBYE GUTENBERG: THE NEWSPAPER REVOLUTION OF THE 1980S
OUTLINE
Anthony Smith’s career spanned current affairs TV production at the BBC, the directorship of the British Film Institute, and the mastership of Magdalen College Oxford. He was the author of several books on the history and future of broadcasting. In this book, published in 1980, he foresees the transformative impact of computers on the newspaper industry.
REVIEW
Numerous articles in scholarly and popular journals have earned for Smith a fine reputtion for being a reliable judge of the contemporary state of communications industries and a perceptive analyst of the issues facing professional communcators. Goodbye Gutenberg is another feather in his cap. - Media, Culture & Society.
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