Re:The telegraph was the Victorian internet
by peterburkimsher on Wednesday May 31, 2017 @10:58PM
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I read this book when I was back in university, and thoroughly enjoyed it! The social change at that time was enormous.
Boats were once the fastest way to send a message (faster than horses). The railway suddenly made it much quicker to communicate, and within a generation was quickly followed by the telegraph.
The effects of the telegraph on language, as people found cheaper ways to send messages when they had to pay by the character, are having modern parallels with SMS and emojis.
Boats were once the fastest way to send a message (faster than horses). The railway suddenly made it much quicker to communicate, and within a generation was quickly followed by the telegraph.
The effects of the telegraph on language, as people found cheaper ways to send messages when they had to pay by the character, are having modern parallels with SMS and emojis.