Communications' Effects on Politics and Social Change: A Study on Harold A. Innis.

Innis and his students' theoretical legacy has significantly influenced the way communications and technology studies are handled worldwide. Introduction Harold Adams Innis (1894-1952) is better known today for his work in the history of communications and technology, but he is actually a historian and economist. Communications, Time and Space Biases Innis divides communications into two: Time bias and space bias. Innis's works focusing on the effects of communications and technology on society, politics and individuals are so important that he is mostly referred as a communication scholar. [Extracted from the article]

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