I found this reading particularly interesting because prior
to this, I didn’t have much knowledge of telegraph. I thought it was
fascinating how the author began the chapter by explaining the story of a
couple who was able to get married through the telegraph. Once reading about
the marriage and how the husband was sent away, I thought about something like
that happening in our time today. For example, a couple getting married through
FaceTime would be equivalent to that day in the age, the telegraph. I’m not
sure if a couple has ever gotten married through FaceTime, but I believe if a
story liked this surfaced around social media, it would be very frowned upon,
and people may often make the assumption that technology is ruining our lives,
or taking over our lives. However, this couple getting married through a
telegraph really showed people how amazing this piece of technology truly is,
and what it can do for us.
It is
surprising to me that when this was created it changed the way people
communicated and accessed the news. However, if something like this was created
in our day in age it would be extremely different response. Although the
telegraph was designed to make communicating easier, it still took some time to
send and receive messages. I was also surprised to read about the people who
use the telegraph. The author mentions that users of the telegraph were part of
a closed exclusive community, today it seems everyone has a smart phone or
another form of technology that makes communicating that much easier.
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