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A little history…
May 24th 1844Nation’s First Telegraph Line
8 years laterOver 23000 miles of telegraph line nationwide
Summer 1858Completion of the Atlantic Cable
February 2, 2006Last telegram sent by Western Union
Mixed Feelings & Adoption Cycle
“Universal Communication” & “Global Village”
Illusory Modern Improvement
Information Overload
Innovation-Decision ProcessKnowledge, Persuasion, Decision,
Implementation, Confirmation
Telegraph & the Press,a Symbiotic Relationship…
Redefinition of Journalism:
Telegraph Network/News Associations
Telegraph Reporters
Interest in International News
Concept of Fresh News (Twitter?)
From the Telegraph to the Internet,a Monopole & Business Model…
Western Union
Hegemony
Associated Press
supremacy
Double-Barreled
Monopoly
June 16, 1860 - Pacific Telegraph Act
Net Neutrality
Czitrom, D. J. (1982). Media and the American mind: From Morse toMcLuhan. Chp1, “Lightening Lines and the Birth of ModernCommunication, 1838-1900″. Chapel Hill: University of North CarolinaPress.
Harper's Weekly (1867). Wood engraving of the construction of the FirstTranscontinental Telegraph, with a Pony Express rider below. Retrieved on02/09/10 from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:TCTelegraph.jpg
Save the Internet! (2006). Retrieved on 02/09/10 from:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWt0XUocViE&NR=1