Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

With this book, Hochfelder supplies us with an introduction to the early stirrings of the information age.

Telegraph --- Electric telegraph --- Postal telegraph --- Telegrams --- Ciphers --- Communication and traffic --- Telecommunication --- History.

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

By the end of the nineteenth century the global telegraph network had connected all continents and brought distant people into direct communication 'at the speed of thought' for the first time. Roland Wenzlhuemer here examines the links between the development of the telegraph and the paths of globalization, and the ways in which global spaces were transformed by this technological advance. His groundbreaking approach combines cultural studies with social science methodology, including evidence based on historical GIS mapping, to shed new light on both the structural conditions of the global telegraph network and the historical agency of its users. The book reveals what it meant for people to be telegraphically connected or unconnected, how people engaged with the technology, how the use of telegraphy affected communication itself and, ultimately, whether faster communication alone can explain the central role that telegraphy occupied in nineteenth-century globalization.

Telegraph --- Globalization --- Technological innovations --- Telecommunication systems --- Social networks --- History --- Social aspects --- Arts and Humanities --- Networking, Social --- Networks, Social --- Social networking --- Social support systems --- Support systems, Social --- Interpersonal relations --- Cliques (Sociology) --- Microblogs --- Communication systems --- Communications systems --- Systems, Communication --- Electronic systems --- Telecommunication --- Breakthroughs, Technological --- Innovations, Industrial --- Innovations, Technological --- Technical innovations --- Technological breakthroughs --- Technological change --- Creative ability in technology --- Inventions --- Domestication of technology --- Innovation relay centers --- Research, Industrial --- Technology transfer --- Global cities --- Globalisation --- Internationalization --- International relations --- Anti-globalization movement --- Electric telegraph --- Postal telegraph --- Telegrams --- Ciphers --- Communication and traffic --- E-books

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

It is widely recognized that internet technology has had a profound effect on political participation in China, but this new use of technology is not unprecedented in Chinese history. This is a pioneering work that systematically describes and analyzes the manner in which the Chinese used telegraphy during the late Qing, and the internet in the contemporary period, to participate in politics. Drawing upon insights from the fields of anthropology, history, political science, and media studies, this book historicizes the internet in China and may change the direction of the emergent field of Chinese internet studies. In contrast to previous works, this book is unprecedented in its perspective, in the depth of information and understanding, in the conclusions it reaches, and in its methodology. Written in a clear and engaging style, this book is accessible to a broad audience.

Political participation --- Telegraph --- Internet --- Internet in public administration --- Digital government --- E-government --- Electronic government --- Online government --- Public administration --- DARPA Internet --- Internet (Computer network) --- Wide area networks (Computer networks) --- World Wide Web --- Electric telegraph --- Postal telegraph --- Telegrams --- Ciphers --- Communication and traffic --- Telecommunication --- Citizen participation --- Community action --- Community involvement --- Community participation --- Involvement, Community --- Mass political behavior --- Participation, Citizen --- Participation, Community --- Participation, Political --- Political activity --- Political behavior --- Political rights --- Social participation --- Political activists --- Politics, Practical --- Technological innovations --- History --- Political aspects --- S06/0438 --- S06/0500 --- S10/0835 --- #SBIB:39A8 --- #SBIB:39A75 --- #SBIB:324H60 --- China: Politics and government--Policy towards press, Internet --- China: Politics and government--Other modern political movements (e.g. anarchism, Socialism, dissident movements, Beijing Spring, Tian'anmen) --- China: Economics, industry and commerce--Postal service and telecommunications: since 1949 (including E-commerce) --- Antropologie: linguïstiek, audiovisuele cultuur, antropologie van media en representatie --- Etnografie: Azië --- Politieke socialisatie