CS100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Benny Goodman, Radio Days, Guiding Light
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Separation from person to person (telephone) to mass medium (radio) 1876 invented: patented, combing telegraph and phonograph. 1878 first telephone exchange: one phone was useless as its used for connection, typically direct wire office to office, allows you to connect to anyone, how was it best used social and organization. Spurred people in realizing importance of wireless communication. Importance of help and constant communication: experience disaster as it was happening rather than after. News hit wireless station in newfoundland, everyone knew next morning. Or everything happening at this very moment: can only experience one fully. Communications technology allows presence in other places: e. g. Earth cam (cid:862)the telegraph (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:271)i(cid:374)ed together al(cid:373)ost at o(cid:374)e (cid:373)o(cid:373)e(cid:374)t the opi(cid:374)io(cid:374)s of the (cid:449)hole intelligent world with respect to everything that is passing at that time upon the face of the globe (208) People getting news, first from of immediate news.
