This book is a revision of a versatile and unique text that is suited for introductory courses on the history of journalism and media and society, which are fundamental courses in undergraduate and graduate journalism/mass communication departments. The author's approach in this text is distinctive as he traces the history of the news from preliterate cultures to the current information explosion. Most importantly, he examines news in all of its manifestations - spoken, written, visual - from an international perspective. In this edition, Stephens broadens the scope of international coverage. expands the section on television news, and adds an entire chapter on the Internet and The Digital Revolution.

作者：米切尔·史蒂芬斯（Mitchell Stephens），美国纽约大学新闻和大众传播学教授。他著有《图像的兴起，文字的衰落》（The Rise of the Image, the Fall of the Word）（1998）和《广播新闻》（Broadcast News）（2004），编有《报道灾难：广播记者如何报道“9?11”》（Covering Catastrophe: Broadcast Journalists Report September 11）（2002）。史蒂芬斯还为《纽约时报》《华盛顿邮报》《洛杉矶时报》《哥伦比亚新闻评论》等报刊撰写过多篇文章。

译者：陈继静，中国人民大学新闻学院新闻传播史论教研部讲师，主要研究领域为新闻传播史、世界历史等，负责讲授新闻传播史、新闻英语等课程。