04:189:102 Lecture 1: Intro to Media Notes (all lectures)

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Communication and Informatio
• Course: 04:189:102
• Professor: MILLER, STEVEN

Document Summary

Edwin howard armstrong: loved cars, wanted to make the: obsessed with the sounds of beeps through the air. Sending signals was one of the most important things for radio: armstrong made it possible for deforest to transmit as well as receive, armstrong demonstrated his receiver for the chief inspector of a wireless company. He picked up signals from ireland and hawaii. David sermon was the expector, he wanted him to sign with his company: super hediorting radio w. 30 years later one of the most powerful men in america: practiced receiving and teleporting telegraph messages in his spare time. Dr. lee deforest: father of radio, responsible for bringing american radio to the public. He originated from iowa but grew up in alabama. His father served as a president for college that was for blacks. He was always in the school library reading reports filled with new discoveries.