A little history…

May 24th 1844Nation’s First Telegraph Line

8 years laterOver 23000 miles of telegraph line nationwide

Summer 1858Completion of the Atlantic Cable

February 2, 2006Last telegram sent by Western Union

Mixed Feelings & Adoption Cycle

“Universal Communication” & “Global Village”

Illusory Modern Improvement

Information Overload

Innovation-Decision ProcessKnowledge, Persuasion, Decision,

Implementation, Confirmation

Telegraph & the Press,a Symbiotic Relationship…

Redefinition of Journalism:

Telegraph Network/News Associations

Telegraph Reporters

Interest in International News

Concept of Fresh News (Twitter?)

From the Telegraph to the Internet,a Monopole & Business Model…

Western Union

Hegemony

Associated Press

supremacy

Double-Barreled

Monopoly

June 16, 1860 - Pacific Telegraph Act

Net Neutrality

Czitrom, D. J. (1982). Media and the American mind: From Morse toMcLuhan. Chp1, “Lightening Lines and the Birth of ModernCommunication, 1838-1900″. Chapel Hill: University of North CarolinaPress.

Harper's Weekly (1867). Wood engraving of the construction of the FirstTranscontinental Telegraph, with a Pony Express rider below. Retrieved on02/09/10 from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:TCTelegraph.jpg

Save the Internet! (2006). Retrieved on 02/09/10 from:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWt0XUocViE&NR=1