CCT109H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Daguerreotype, Thomas Edison, Html

• School: UTM
• Department: Communication, Culture and Technology
• Course: CCT109H5
• Professor: Brett Caraway

Document Summary

Guttenberg credited with making the first moveable/interchangeable type. Use a punch that has a letter on the end of it, then dip in dye and use to make molds. Fostered a sense of national identity because people were communicating with each other. Started to move the control over knowledge away from the church. Protestant reformation happened would send signals with flags and person would have to look from a distance and decode. Disadvantage: can"t send private messages, can"t use at night/weather conditions. Would charge by the letter to send a telegraph. Colonial gov"t makes decisions with the local population. Imperialism is control at a distance, decisions have to get final say from imperial council. Working on helping deaf people and stumbled upon the invention of the telephone. First developed as point to point service like a walkie talkie. Would connect the circuit to the desired person.