The Victorian Internet: The Remarkable Story of the Telegraph and the Nineteenth Century's On-Line Pioneers

By J.P. Hume. 2000

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From Statistical Panic to Moral Panic: The Metadiscursive Construction and Popular Exaggeration of New Media Language in the Print Media (2006, background): “Indeed, for scholars of CMC it is widely accepted that all communication technologies are accompanied by heightened popular reactions regarding their impact on the existing social order (Kling, 1996; Standage, 1999).”
Unwelcome exchange: International trade as a direct and indirect driver of biological invasions worldwide (2021, background): “However, fresh-cut flowers often also host many unwanted invertebrate species that may potentially establish as alien species in the importing country.43 From the 1850s onward, the telegraph has had a direct impact on the integration of global trade, and by the end of the 19th century, cables were e”
Mobile Phones and Economic Development: Evidence from the Fishing Industry in India (2006, background): “Standage (1998) makes a point of great relevance to this paper: “In Britain, for example, ªshermen and ªsh traders used [the telegraph] to notify markets of catches and to determine market prices—something that was particularly important given the perishable nature of the goods.””