Misunderstanding Media : Routledge : 9781138699984 : 1138699985 : 02 Sep 2016 : The 1980s saw constant reports of an information revolution. This book, first published in 1986, challenges this view. It argues that the information revolution is an illusion, a rhetorical gambit, an expression of profound historical ignorance, and a movement dedicated to purveying misunderstanding and disseminating disinformation. In this historically based attack on the information revolution, Professor Winston takes a had look at the four central information technologies ? telephones, television, computers and satellites. He describes how these technologies were created and diffused, showing that instead of revolution we just have ?business as usual'. He formulates a ?law' of the suppression of radical potential ? a law which states that new telecommunication technologies are introduced into society only insofar as their disruptive potential is contained. Despite the so-called information revolution, th