Cables, Crises, and the Press : The Geopolitics of the New Information System in the Americas, 1866-1903 /

In recent decades the Internet has played what may seem to be a unique role in international crises. This book reveals an interesting parallel in the late nineteenth century, when a new communications system based on advances in submarine cable technology and newspaper printing brought information t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Britton, John A. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, [2013]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Online journalism.
Journalism > Technological innovations.
Journalism.
Digital media.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Journalism.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > International Relations > Diplomacy.
HISTORY > Social History.
Medias numeriques.
Journalisme en ligne.
Journalisme > Innovations.
Journalisme > Histoire.
Journalism > History.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:In recent decades the Internet has played what may seem to be a unique role in international crises. This book reveals an interesting parallel in the late nineteenth century, when a new communications system based on advances in submarine cable technology and newspaper printing brought information to an excitable mass audience.
Physical Description:1 online resource (488 pages): illustrations, map
ISBN:9780826353986

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