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Electronic Globalization. Communication in a New Century. Bi-nary Signaling. Novelty or Revolutionary new form of communication Conversion of text into electrical impulses. Potential for Peace. Initially started as backbone of defense communication.
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Electronic Globalization Communication in a New Century
Bi-nary Signaling • Novelty or Revolutionary new form of communication • Conversion of text into electrical impulses
Potential for Peace • Initially started as backbone of defense communication. • …the settling of those disputes ..might be accomplished in..hours. Encyclopedia Britannica.
Information Overload • What was not available before or only available after a long wait is now practically instantaneous
On line crime • Gambling fraud • Stock Fraud • Banking Fraud
Shrinking the World • Information passed along a cable • Cable from the Trans-Atlantic connection
Rapid adoption of new terms into the general vocabulary On line On-line Romance Bug System Operator Chat New Vocabulary
“What Hath God Wrought” • Samuel Morse • March 24, 1844 • “Highway of Thought”
Tom Standage The Victorian Internet