The telegraph changed how people communicated across long distances. Before this invention‚ people used drumbeats and smoke signals to provide information to other nearby villages. Weather and distance made it difficult to communicate. Someone could read the symbols by looking through a telescope. People needed a better method to communicate and this is where the telegraph comes in. The person who invented the telegraph was Samuel Morse. He was born in Charlestown‚ Massachusetts on April 27‚
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in which men have learnt to use this great force are so many those only a few can be touched upon here. The first result of Faraday’s discovery was the electric telegraph‚ by which messages can be sent to a distance by means of an electric current sent along a conducting wire. "Telegraphy" means "writing-at-a-distance". The first telegraph was installed in England‚ in 1835. Since then it has spread all over the world. Not long after‚ the submarine electric cable was laid under the Atlantic Ocean‚
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Street. Thus‚ at Colonel and Mrs Easterbrook’s he delivered The Times and the Daily Graphic; at Mrs Swettenham’s he left The Times and the Daily Worker; at Miss Hinchcliffe and Miss Murgatroyd’s he left the Daily Telegraph and the New Chronicle; at Miss Blacklock’s he left the Telegraph‚ The Times and the Daily Mail. At all these houses‚ and indeed at practically every house in Chipping Cleghorn‚ he delivered every Friday a copy of the North Benham News and Chipping Cleghorn Gazette‚ known locally
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Fan is not a luxurious thing. It is necessary to fight heat during summer. Electricity is essential to operate fan in summer and electric heater in winter. In cold winter‚ electric heaters warm our rooms. Electricity is a means of communication. Telegraph and telegram device is based on electricity. It is easy send messages to distant places. Telephone also functions due to electricity. Due to this facility‚ the world has become a familiar place for all. Fax-machine is the latest development. Thus
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25.maturitní otázka The role of mass-media in our life When we speak about massmedia‚ we speak about press‚ TV‚ radio and the Internet. They all bring information to mass/large audiences and people and they can really reach them. All people in the world are curious; want to be informed about everything that is going on their town‚ village‚ country‚ in the world. That is why they: read newspapers listen to the radio watch TV browse the WEB Massmedia are a very important part of our life and
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AT&T The AT+T Corporation‚ formerly known as The American Telephone and Telegraph Company‚ was incorporated on March 3‚ 1885 in New York as a wholly owned subsidiary of The American Bell Telephone Company. Its original purpose was to manage and expand the burgeoning toll (long distance) business of American Bell and its licensees. It continued as the long distance company until December 30‚ 1899 when it assumed the business and property of American Bell and became the parent company of
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Case 14-3 Coconut Telegraph Background on Coconut Telegraph Coconut Telegraph Corporation (Coconut) is a developer and provider of specialized customer billings and management software and systems. On February 1‚ 2012‚ Coconut had an arrangement with Buffet Worldwide Inc. (Buffet) to deliver the Volcano System and provide one year of post contract customer support (PCS). The PCS will start March 1‚ 2012. At the time of the arrangement‚ February 1‚ 2012‚ Buffet paid $12‚000 for the Volcano System
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On what points do Marshall McLuhan and Neil Postman disagree in relation to the social impact of print media and television? The impact of print media and television upon society has been debated for many years. When technological advancements such as the telegraph‚ the television and computers arrived‚ the print media industry as a whole was shaken up and the impact upon society was profound. In the 1960s‚ media theorist Marshall McLuhan came up with a few key theories which are still put in to
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Study Guide – CMNS 110‚ Fall 2013 The following is a hierarchical list of concepts‚ theories‚ illustrations and questions of which you will need to have a comprehensive grasp in order to complete the midterm exam. The list is exhaustive – it’s everything we’ve covered this term thus far. If you know everything that’s here (and know where to find it in our readings and lecture slides)‚ then you’ll have all of the answers you’ll need for this test of knowledge. Where relevant/appropriate‚ I
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Griffin‚ E.A. (2003). A First look at communication theory (5th ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill. Holmes‚ J.‚ & Meyerhoff‚ M. (Eds.). (2003). The handbook of language and gender. Malden‚ MA: Blackwell Publishing Ltd. Kappelman‚ Todd. (2001). Marshall McLuhan: "The medium is the message". Probe Ministries. Retrieved December 6‚ 2004‚ from http://www.leaderu.com/orgs/probe/docs/mcluhan.html Severin‚ W.‚ J. & Tankard‚ J.‚ W. (1979). Communication theories: Origins‚ methods‚ uses. New York‚ NY: Hastings House
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