Messages: Free Expression, Media and the West from Gutenberg to Google

Brian Winston is Professor of Communications and holder of the Lincoln Chair at the University of Lincoln, UK. He has held senior academic posts at UK National Film and Television School, New York University, Pennsylvania State University, the University of Wales (Cardiff), Westminster University and the University of Lincoln where, before his present position, he was a Pro-Vice Chancellor. At the University of Glasgow, he was the Glasgow Media Group's first director, producing "Bad News" (1976) and "More" "Bad News" (1980). His other books include "Media Technology and Society: A History from the Telegraph to the Internet "(for which he won 'Best Book of 1998', American Association for History and Computing) and "Messages: Free Expression, Media and the West from Gutenberg to Google (2005).