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''The law of the suppression of radical potential'' is an idea first described by [[Brian Winston]] in his book, ''Media Technology and Society: A History: From the Telegraph to the Internet''. According to the law, when a communications technology is realised, its acceptance is suppressed through the constraining influence of already prevailing institutions and other mechanisms. |
''The law of the suppression of radical potential'' is an idea first described by [[Brian Winston]] in his book, ''Media Technology and Society: A History: From the Telegraph to the Internet''. According to the law, when a communications technology is realised, its acceptance is suppressed through the constraining influence of already prevailing institutions and other mechanisms. |
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Winston shows how the law can be used as a model for describing the lifecycle of many communications technologies. |
Winston shows how the law can be used as a model for describing the lifecycle of many communications technologies. |
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Revision as of 22:30, 25 August 2006
The law of the suppression of radical potential is an idea first described by Brian Winston in his book, Media Technology and Society: A History: From the Telegraph to the Internet. According to the law, when a communications technology is realised, its acceptance is suppressed through the constraining influence of already prevailing institutions and other mechanisms.
Winston shows how the law can be used as a model for describing the lifecycle of many communications technologies.