TY - JOUR AB - The introduction of the printing press to Europe in the mid‐fifteenth century, and its effect on the communication of information, are considered, largely by reference to the writings of Elisabeth Eisenstein. Analogies and similarities with the impact of the Internet are identified, as a way of gaining insight into the current communications revolution. VL - 52 IS - 2 SN - 0001-253X DO - 10.1108/EUM0000000007000 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/EUM0000000007000 AU - Bawden David AU - Robinson Lyn PY - 2000 Y1 - 2000/01/01 TI - A distant mirror?; the Internet and the printing press T2 - Aslib Proceedings PB - MCB UP Ltd SP - 51 EP - 57 Y2 - 2024/04/23 ER -