The Telegraph: How Technology Innovation Caused Social Change

by Annteresa Lubrano

Overview

First published in 1997. Information processing is crucial to social life and an important element of control. Innovations in information processing have the potential to dramatically alter social relations. Understanding the process of technology innovation and diffusion as well as the economic, social, political and cultural impact of a diffusing/diffused technology is crucial to understanding society as technology is often the impetus for social change. This book addresses both the process and impact of technology innovation as it relates to communication technology.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780815330011
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/01/1997
Series:	Studies on Industrial Productivity: Selected Works
Edition description:	REVISED
Pages:	206
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Part I Part One; Chapter 1 Origin and Diffusion of New Technology; Chapter 2 Telegraph Innovation: Origin and Diffusion; Part II Part Two; Chapter 3 Telegraph and Formal Organizations; Chapter 4 Telegraph and the Political System: Power and Politics; Chapter 5 The Telegraph and Culture; Chapter 6 The Telegraph and Social Stratification; Chapter 7 The Telegraph and the Judicial System; Chapter 8 The Telegraph, Nationalism, and the Global Community; Chapter 9 Conclusion;

Editorial Reviews

Offers a new model of technology innovation that includes a diffusion phase specific to interpersonal communication technologies, and uses it to chronicle how the telegraph dramatically altered society's ability to control information processing. Finds a prototype for the innovation and diffusion of subsequent communication technology such as the telephone, facsimile machines, and the Internet. Revised from a Ph.D. dissertation for the City University of New York; no date noted. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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