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Plotting a technological history of journalism
Electric telegraph July 27, 1866 – SS Great Eastern completes laying of Transatlantic telegraphic cables By 1852, miles of American telegraphic wires had grown from 40 in 1846 to 23,000 In 1849-1869, telegraphic mileage had increased by 108,000 miles Cost … Continue reading
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Tagged Amusing Ourselves to Death, communication technology, electric telegraph, journalism, media theory, Michael Mandelbaum, Neil Postman, Newton Minow, psychohistory, Susan Sontag, vast wasteland
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de Tocqueville & the news
That the switch from newspapers to digital handheld devices – for the purpose of sourcing all my news – is limited only by my comfort-level with technology is telling of some shortcoming of the print industry. The changing journalistic scene … Continue reading
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