How Did Tesla's Effect On Communication
A. Human’s ability to use language to communicate with one another sets them apart from other species.
a. While human species were able to communicate with one another long before the evolution of homo sapiens, the establishment of the first writing systems is the foundation for the modern-communication age.
B. The current-technological age in western culture has brought on a style of communication that is instantaneous, easily accessible, and commonplace.
C. However, the use of mobile devices and computers as a means of communication was sparked by the growth of communication inventions in the nineteenth and mid-twentieth century.
a. Thesis statement: The invention of the telephone and radio affected communication culture in the nineteenth and mid-twentieth century and were the driving …show more content…
forces behind our modern communication systems.
II. Radio
A. Radio origins
1. By the 1890s, most of the parts needed to build the radio were present, and many people contributed to its conception (Regal).
2.
The Italian inventor Guglielmo Marconi is commonly credited as the Father of the Radio as he was the one who brought the parts together and promoted wireless telegraphy (Regal).
3. However, Nicola Tesla was a major contributor to the invention of the radio transmitter (Regal).
a. He developed the “Tesla Coil” which was the beginning of the type of high-voltage alternator needed for continuous-wave radio communication (Regal).
b. In St. Louis in 1895, Tesla demonstrated the principles of wireless communication for the first time when he transmitted vibrations with a transmitter and receiver (Regal).
c. Tesla, may have built a form of the radio prior to Marconi but his laboratory was destroyed by fire in 1893 (Regal).
B. Original uses of radio and culture
1. Early uses for the radio were for sending messages between ships and land.
a. For centuries, signaling at sea was non-linguistic and limited to visual range with distress being communicated by burning a fire on deck, firing a cannon, or signal flags (Johnson).
b. The invention of wireless messages transformed signaling between ships and land via the radio revolutionized how seamen were able to communicate distress
(Johnson).
i. Example: Radio signals were being transmitted by the Titantic’s operators in 1912 (Johnson).
c. By the 1950’s, radio technology had advanced to a point in which it was possible to communicate via radio signal between ship and shore stations anywhere in the world (Johnson).
2. From the late 1920s to the mid 1950’s radio programs became a widespread among the public as a source of entertainment.
a. Radio became a main source of media in the 1920s connecting people politically, socially, economically and psychologically across a society that was evolving in a positive way (Cook, Krupar).
b. However, after the stock market crash in 1929 which led to the Great Depression, the radio gained a greater place in society especially for the growing population of poor Americans (Cook, Krupar).
i. Radio became a source of relief from stress and anxiety for those experiencing economic-woes as it gave consumers a break from reality (Cook, Krupar). ii. From 1929-1939, music and song made up the majority of the broadcasts with popular songs and easily remembered lyrics that framed the experiences of people at this time (Cook, Krupar).
C. Modern uses of the radio
1. In today’s age radio has many forms, such as wireless networks and mobile communications, and radio broadcasting.
2. The invention of television superseded the radio as form of communication.
3. While the radio is utilized through more mobile-friendly means, it is still a major source of entertainment in terms of news, music, and various broadcasting programs.
III. Telephone
D. Telephone origins
4. Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone in America in 1876 (Menke).
a. Bell promoted the telephone in England the next year and it soon became an object of fascination to the Victorians. However, Britain took up the telephone far more slowly did the United States (Menke).
5. Bell’s original patent on the telephone expired in 1893-94 and thousands of new telephone operations emerged in the U.S. in less than a decade (Fischer).
E. Original uses of the telephone and culture
6. The first telephones were set up in cities, but when Bell’s patent expired rural telephony grew rapidly (Fischer).
a. In 1902, two or three percent of farms had telephones, compared to about ten percent of all American households (Fischer).
b. However, by 1920 the telephone was being used by almost 40% of all U.S. farmers (Fischer).
7. The original telephone device is different from current mobile phones in most ways except for the relaying of voices message to and from a receiver.
a. Current phones communicate voice via digitized messaging, and the first telephones routed voices through physical wires.
i. Some of the first phone lines were referred to as “party lines” (Telecommunications History Group).
1. They were called party lines because every household in certain area would have the same telephone line and when trying to reach someone in the area a person would call and everyone’s phones in that area would ring. ii. In 1877, the first switchboard was created (Telecommunications History Group).
1. Switch boards worked by connecting multiple phone lines in a building to a central office in which an operator would take calls and route them to the correct phone line (Telecommunications History Group).
F. Modern uses of the telephone and culture
8. Mobile communication in the western world happens via mobile telephones, usually synced to the internet.
a. Since 1993, the mobile phone and the internet has synced the current population in a network in which individuals can communicate with one another and browse information sources easily and instantaneously (Arminen).
9. The power of instantaneous communication via mobile telephones and email has afforded individuals’ flexible scheduling (Arminen).
a. Prior to the invention of the telephone, people were force to be constantly accountable for their presence at scheduled events.
b. However, mobile communication technology has enabled a society in which people are expected to be available at all times and everywhere (Arminen).
10. In terms of western culture, people are practically inseparable from their mobile devices.
a. Mobile communication “fills empty moments” when people are waiting for something or on the way to something (Arminen).
i. Mobile telephones have become an “umbilical cord” enabling instant access to anyone or anything (Arminen).
IV. Conclusion
A. The invention of the telephone and radio revolutionized western society’s method of communication.
B. While some aspects of these means of communication have changed dramatically with modern technological advances, the phone and the radio both serve the same purpose as they did since their creation.
C. The wave of communication advances in the nineteenth and mid-twentieth century have drastically affected current society in both negative, but mostly positive ways.
a. Negative ways:
i. Communication technology and the use of social media are overused by people which has led to decreased physical activity, a contributor to the current obesity epidemic. ii. Through the advent of the internet, all communication through technological devices has a digital footprint which leads to privacy issues.
b. Positive ways
i. Overall, people’s ability to instantaneously connect with one another via computers and phones has increased people’s relations with one another and improved their access to information.
1. Increased access to information and other people has increased knowledge—thus increasing a variety of factors such as health status—for people in current western society
a. While human species were able to communicate with one another long before the evolution of homo sapiens, the establishment of the first writing systems is the foundation for the modern-communication age.
B. The current-technological age in western culture has brought on a style of communication that is instantaneous, easily accessible, and commonplace.
C. However, the use of mobile devices and computers as a means of communication was sparked by the growth of communication inventions in the nineteenth and mid-twentieth century.
a. Thesis statement: The invention of the telephone and radio affected communication culture in the nineteenth and mid-twentieth century and were the driving …show more content…
forces behind our modern communication systems.
II. Radio
A. Radio origins
1. By the 1890s, most of the parts needed to build the radio were present, and many people contributed to its conception (Regal).
2.
The Italian inventor Guglielmo Marconi is commonly credited as the Father of the Radio as he was the one who brought the parts together and promoted wireless telegraphy (Regal).
3. However, Nicola Tesla was a major contributor to the invention of the radio transmitter (Regal).
a. He developed the “Tesla Coil” which was the beginning of the type of high-voltage alternator needed for continuous-wave radio communication (Regal).
b. In St. Louis in 1895, Tesla demonstrated the principles of wireless communication for the first time when he transmitted vibrations with a transmitter and receiver (Regal).
c. Tesla, may have built a form of the radio prior to Marconi but his laboratory was destroyed by fire in 1893 (Regal).
B. Original uses of radio and culture
1. Early uses for the radio were for sending messages between ships and land.
a. For centuries, signaling at sea was non-linguistic and limited to visual range with distress being communicated by burning a fire on deck, firing a cannon, or signal flags (Johnson).
b. The invention of wireless messages transformed signaling between ships and land via the radio revolutionized how seamen were able to communicate distress
(Johnson).
i. Example: Radio signals were being transmitted by the Titantic’s operators in 1912 (Johnson).
c. By the 1950’s, radio technology had advanced to a point in which it was possible to communicate via radio signal between ship and shore stations anywhere in the world (Johnson).
2. From the late 1920s to the mid 1950’s radio programs became a widespread among the public as a source of entertainment.
a. Radio became a main source of media in the 1920s connecting people politically, socially, economically and psychologically across a society that was evolving in a positive way (Cook, Krupar).
b. However, after the stock market crash in 1929 which led to the Great Depression, the radio gained a greater place in society especially for the growing population of poor Americans (Cook, Krupar).
i. Radio became a source of relief from stress and anxiety for those experiencing economic-woes as it gave consumers a break from reality (Cook, Krupar). ii. From 1929-1939, music and song made up the majority of the broadcasts with popular songs and easily remembered lyrics that framed the experiences of people at this time (Cook, Krupar).
C. Modern uses of the radio
1. In today’s age radio has many forms, such as wireless networks and mobile communications, and radio broadcasting.
2. The invention of television superseded the radio as form of communication.
3. While the radio is utilized through more mobile-friendly means, it is still a major source of entertainment in terms of news, music, and various broadcasting programs.
III. Telephone
D. Telephone origins
4. Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone in America in 1876 (Menke).
a. Bell promoted the telephone in England the next year and it soon became an object of fascination to the Victorians. However, Britain took up the telephone far more slowly did the United States (Menke).
5. Bell’s original patent on the telephone expired in 1893-94 and thousands of new telephone operations emerged in the U.S. in less than a decade (Fischer).
E. Original uses of the telephone and culture
6. The first telephones were set up in cities, but when Bell’s patent expired rural telephony grew rapidly (Fischer).
a. In 1902, two or three percent of farms had telephones, compared to about ten percent of all American households (Fischer).
b. However, by 1920 the telephone was being used by almost 40% of all U.S. farmers (Fischer).
7. The original telephone device is different from current mobile phones in most ways except for the relaying of voices message to and from a receiver.
a. Current phones communicate voice via digitized messaging, and the first telephones routed voices through physical wires.
i. Some of the first phone lines were referred to as “party lines” (Telecommunications History Group).
1. They were called party lines because every household in certain area would have the same telephone line and when trying to reach someone in the area a person would call and everyone’s phones in that area would ring. ii. In 1877, the first switchboard was created (Telecommunications History Group).
1. Switch boards worked by connecting multiple phone lines in a building to a central office in which an operator would take calls and route them to the correct phone line (Telecommunications History Group).
F. Modern uses of the telephone and culture
8. Mobile communication in the western world happens via mobile telephones, usually synced to the internet.
a. Since 1993, the mobile phone and the internet has synced the current population in a network in which individuals can communicate with one another and browse information sources easily and instantaneously (Arminen).
9. The power of instantaneous communication via mobile telephones and email has afforded individuals’ flexible scheduling (Arminen).
a. Prior to the invention of the telephone, people were force to be constantly accountable for their presence at scheduled events.
b. However, mobile communication technology has enabled a society in which people are expected to be available at all times and everywhere (Arminen).
10. In terms of western culture, people are practically inseparable from their mobile devices.
a. Mobile communication “fills empty moments” when people are waiting for something or on the way to something (Arminen).
i. Mobile telephones have become an “umbilical cord” enabling instant access to anyone or anything (Arminen).
IV. Conclusion
A. The invention of the telephone and radio revolutionized western society’s method of communication.
B. While some aspects of these means of communication have changed dramatically with modern technological advances, the phone and the radio both serve the same purpose as they did since their creation.
C. The wave of communication advances in the nineteenth and mid-twentieth century have drastically affected current society in both negative, but mostly positive ways.
a. Negative ways:
i. Communication technology and the use of social media are overused by people which has led to decreased physical activity, a contributor to the current obesity epidemic. ii. Through the advent of the internet, all communication through technological devices has a digital footprint which leads to privacy issues.
b. Positive ways
i. Overall, people’s ability to instantaneously connect with one another via computers and phones has increased people’s relations with one another and improved their access to information.
1. Increased access to information and other people has increased knowledge—thus increasing a variety of factors such as health status—for people in current western society