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Lightning Lines
1. “Lightning Lines” and the Birth of Modern Communication By Daniel J. Czitrom Elise Chisholm COM 546 University of Washington April 26, 2011
2. The Annihilator of Space and Time What impact might the telegraph have on thought, politics, commerce, the press, and the moral life?
3. A Global Village “…A knowledge of all that is occurring throughout the land; making, in fact, one neighborhood of the whole country.”
4. Impact on the Press Though the press and commercial interests made the telegraph economically viable, the telegraph itself dramatically transformed the press.
5. 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
6. 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. Play video
7. 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/.
