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 1…
Neil Postman
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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…