Thinking about electric communication in the late nineteenth century carolyn marvin on. Marvin carolyn when old technologies were new thinking about electric communication in the late nineteenth century 1988. The results were described in a paper, on the radiation of electricity, which, in 1859, he posted to professor poggendorff. Thinking about electric communication in the latenineteenth century. In the history of electronic communication, the last quarter of the nineteenth century holds a special place, for it was during this period that the telephone, phonograph, electric light, wireless, and cinema were all invented. General thoughts when old technologies were new has the primary thesis that technological change echos existing social structures. In other words, new technologies, when introduced, usually fall into patterns of use that do not reorganize economic, gender, and social strata. Marvin pays particular attention to the telephone, describing how it disrupted established. When old technologies were new thinking about electric communication in the late nineteenth century carolyn marvin. Others include lisa gitelman and geoffrey pingrees new media 17401915, james. Thinking about electric communication in the late nineteenth century.
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