Ebook: From Big Bang to Big Data: A History of the Media

A long history of media – from antique graffiti to Spotify playlists.

Beyond newspapers, television, and social networks, media are the means by which any information is shared, from antique graffiti to playlists on Spotify. Cultures are held together as much by bookkeeping and records as they are by stories and myths. From Big Bang to Big Data shows how every society has been a media society, in its own way.