Week 7 S10

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Week 7

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[edit] Notes

  • Mid Term Exam
    • 1:15 minutes
    • Choose 3 out of 4 comprehensive questions
    • Open book, open notes, no Google
    • Mid Term Exam


[edit] Week 7 Organization

6:15-6:30 News, Events
6:30-7:15 Standage Discussion
7:15-7:30 Break
7:30-8:15 CMC Dinner Theater
8:15-8:45 Presentations

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[edit] Standage, The Victorian Internet

  • "Spies and criminals are invariably among the first to take advantage of new modes of communication. But lovers are never far behind"
    • First marriag over telegraph in 1848
    • Could the Telegraph "impede the course to true love". Where have we heard this before?
    • Cost and lack of secrecy meant telegraph use was not mainstreamed - however, operators utilized the networks.
  • Telegraph operators and personal messages
    • Operators were a highly prized skilled prfession; operators existed in a highly hierarchical society.
    • Finest operators worked in cities, new operators worked in rural areas.
    • Despite lack of richness and cues, operators developed a deeply personal form of communication.
  • Operators and signal styles
    • Operators used signatures to identify self - we might think of this as similar to the avatar.
    • Operators also knew each other by style - the nature of transmission
    • Operators learned each other's style, leading to more efficient communication. Early Social Information Processing.
  • Use of the lines for interpersonal communication
    • Operators would fill lines with interpersonal communication during off-hours
    • Scores, weather, financial information and personal messages would be passed. What does this remind us of?
    • Operators would also engage in group chat, where many operators would join in a large discussion network.
  • Gender and Telegraph Operators
    • 1876 1/3 of telegraph operators were female
    • Operators were segregated by gender
    • Despite segregation, hierarchy, rules prohibiting fraternization, many relationships were developed over the wires.
    • What is the CMC interpretation of interpersonal communication via telegraph lines?
    • Similarities to chat, text, etc? Differences?
  • The Telegraph and Global Culture
    • "Thanks to the telegraph, the general public became participants in a continually unfolding global drama, courtesy of their newspapers, which were suddenly able to report on events on the other side of the world within hours of their occurrence"
    • The telegraph shifted global perceptions through increased communication reach and speed
    • In 1845, newspaper international coverage was 6-8 weeks old - length of time it took for messages to be passed via steamship
    • The telegraph's second message "Have you any news?"
  • Intercontinental telegraph transmission
    • 1858 - earliest cables were used for global news transmission
    • 1859 - Reuter provides his global business information services
    • Effect of the telegraph on global policy, war and peace - an impact impossible to gauge.
  • Pushback against the telgraph
    • The bias towards international coverage of news led some small newspapers to suspend telegraph service.
    • Earliest pushbacks against the globalization of culture and society.
    • "The rapid distribution of news was thought to promote universal peace, truthfulness and mutual understanding."
    • Analogies to internet culture.


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  • Julia - Goodreads
  • Matt - MakeOutClub

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