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This page is under construction until February, 12 Prezi (powerpoint) about project, I strongly recommend you read this [|How Did electricity affect the way we communicate?]

How would we talk to people down the street or in another town BEFORE electricity? We could send a message using writing through a messenger after writing was invented, messages could be sent to other places by systems such as the Pony Express, however people needed a quicker form of communication as the pony express fastest trio between too telegraph lines took 7 days and 17 hours.

How was news spread before electricity? People would either read newspapers or news was spread by word of mouth. What was the first invention that started electric communication?The Telegraph in 1837 by Samuel Morse, Telegraph didn't become widespread until 1864 and cross country communication started when line was completed in 1861. Samuel Morse's famous message "What hath God wrought" was sent from the U.S capitol toBaltimore. The telegraph allows people to send messages for from person to person in seconds instead of days by horse. Meassages were sent quickly, but since the general population didn't know Morse Code. Another invention needed to be invented.

What changes did the telephone do to comunication? Invented in 1876 by Alexander Grahm Bell People could just punch in the number and speak into the phone, rather than having to learn morse code. Telephones were avalible in homes were cables were nearby. Since the first commercial telephones people could talk to people as long as they were near a telephone line. However, then, a number wasn't punched in, a person would have to ask for an operater to patch them in, after Direct Dial systems were invented in the 1920's. People can now just dial the number and talk.

How did this new form of communication change society? Now People could speak to relatives that have spread away without having to travel all over the place and military could keep tabs on the enemy without morse code. This could decide a battle and the messages. sent by the army can reach the press which can then spread the news that the battle was won.

What innovations did the radio bring to the world? The british patent for the radio was given to Guglielmo Marconi in 1896 Radio was not just used for music, originally it was useful for ships to send telegraph messages from land to sea during a shipweck. This saves lives, for example, in 1900. A Russian costal defense ship and fishing boat were saved off the finnish coast thanks to the telegraphs. Audio radio brodcasts brought entertainment such as soap opreas and radio shows, this would pave the way for TV. News could be sent in seconds, this would be a better alternative to old news papers. In 1892 Nikolai Tesla developed an aparratus that allowed wireless communicatione

I need to get news to my cousin in california that I had got into my college of choice. In the 19th century, How would I do that? Your first choice maybe to write a letter, but it may come there by the time you start going to college. So that rules your letter out. After 1837, you could send a telegraph to him provided you both knew morse code. If neither of you do, but what if there are no wirees nearby. A wireless telegraph could reach him. Ah! If you both have telephones you can actually speak to him without having to travel all the way to California. It will be an expensive long distance call. Your the operorater will put you through. Though on somebody can listen to you on the other line.

So in a Nutshell, how did communications change because of electricity? Before electricity was used in communications, the letters were sent by messengers over long distances. In 1864 when the telegraph line was finished telegraph became the prefered long distance method of communication. After that, You can contact anybody in seconds. The Telephone let people have quick and casual conversations. When wireless technology began to be used your life could be saved if your ship began to sink. All of this thanks to electricity.

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