Media, Information and Technoculture 2000F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Radiotelephone, Dxing, Iwg Plc

• School: Western University
• Department: Media, Information and Technoculture
• Course: Media, Information and Technoculture 2000F/G
• Professor: Estee Fresco

Document Summary

Cbc production: rhetorical link: links the idea of canada and technology (relationship, canadian pacific railroad, canadian pacific railroad with the constitution of canada are related, all about conquering space and nature, spreading civilization, cpr physically extends government presence, patriotic sentiment and enhances canada"s military power, cpr bound the country together through communication. 1864 paper: predicted electromagnetic waves that travel through space exists, heinrich hertz, experiments 1885 1889, predicted waves travel at speed of light in concentric circles, proves maxwell"s theory, produced and detected waves (1887, radio waves, 1 hertz= 1 cycle/second, also proved that light itself is a wave. First trans atlantic signal 1901 to signal hill in st. john"s newfoundland: allows ships to communicate with operators on the land, first uses of radio used to coordinate movement of goods through shipping, near monopoly, opposed by anglo american telegraph companies, world"s first commercial telegraph service, privacy issues, listening in , nobel prize 1909.