Lightning Lines

“Lightning Lines” and the Birth of Modern Communication
By Daniel J. Czitrom
Elise Chisholm
COM 546
University of Washington
April 26, 2011

The Annihilator of Space and Time
What impact might the telegraph have on thought, politics, commerce, the press, and the moral life?

A Global Village
“…A knowledge of all that is occurring throughout the land; making, in fact, one neighborhood of the whole country.”

Impact on the Press
Though the press and commercial interests made the telegraph economically viable, the telegraph itself dramatically transformed the press.

The Rise of a Monopoly
Pubic outcry against WU-AP collusion formed part of the broad antimonopoly sentiments central to late 19th century radical and reform politics.
Associated Press timeline
Western Union timeline

Newer Media: The Motion Picture
Motion pictures, a medium with a far more direct effect upon the everyday lives of people, would challenge the established definitions of culture itself.
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References
Text
Associated Press (2011). Company website. Retrieved April 2011 from http://www.ap.org/pages/about/history/history_first.html.
Czitrom, D. (1982). “Lightning lines” and the birth of modern communication. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press.
PastFinderLTD (2008, March 30). First motion picture horse, 1878. Retrieved April 2011 from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrRUDS1xbNs.
Western Union (2011). Company website. Retrieved April 2011 from http://corporate.westernunion.com/history.html.
Imagery
Harris, P. (2006, February 5). Retrieved April 2011 from http://www.flickr.com/photos/sarchi/95908040/.
Lu, K. (2007, August 14). Retrieved April 2011 from http://www.flickr.com/photos/toasty/1125019024/.
Mortensen, M. (2008, July 30). Retrieved April 2011 from http://www.flickr.com/photos/-mic-/2715470682/.
Renlund, M. (2008, January 26). Retrieved April 2011 from http://www.flickr.com/photos/deltamike/2222492536/.
Schaefer, M.T. (2006, June 18). Retrieved April 2011 from http://www.flickr.com/photos/gastev/360505392/.
Warby, W (2008, May 2). Retrieved April 2011 from http://www.flickr.com/photos/wwarby/2460648191/.

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