Television may be as decisively the successor to writing as oral… — “An Historical Approach to the Media of Communication”, August 1955. Excerpts from a talk given July 26, 1955, at Teachers College, Columbia University. In Communication Lines (Columbia), p 2

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Television may be as decisively the successor to writing as oral speech was the predecessor of writing.

“An Historical Approach to the Media of Communication”, August 1955. Excerpts from a talk given July 26, 1955, at Teachers College, Columbia University. In Communication Lines (Columbia), p 2

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Year: 1955

Chapter: Television