Facsimile: A forgotten 'new medium' from the 20th century

New Media and Society

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 355-378

  Light, Jennifer S ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Facsimile; Fax machine; History; ICTs; New media

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746345874     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: 14617315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461444806059920     Document Type: Article

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