COMS 203 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Norbert Wiener, Samuel Morse, Punched Tape
28 Sep 2017
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Chapter 2: history of new media: 1840: telegraph launched in us, 1850"s: beginning to popularize, 1860"s-70"s: met caf "s law, 1870"s: us telegraph dominated by western union, 1876: arrived in canada, 1891: journalism transformed. Politicians also held more accountable: writing style changed to depending on facts & representing neutral pov. Last mile problem: control at a distance . Insertion of advertising in newspapers (& later radio) & billing/coordination it entailed allowed telegraph shift to coordination business (buying & selling advertising space) It is widely applied in the telecommunications pricing & regulation & most recently in the management of the internet. : a principle, borrowed from transportation regulation, whereby the company agreeing to carry goods cannot discriminate between customers who wish to transport similar goods. This is sometimes referred to as the separation of carriage & content. Film: photography developed alongside the telegraph, eventually moving picture was perfected.
