Facsimile and Its Future Uses

Hogan, John V. L.

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“…Two decades of experiments raised hopes for the future of point-to-point and broadcast applications, indeed, 'any application requiring the transmission of intelligence' (Goldsmith et al, 1938: 285). From professional journals such as Proceedings of the Institute of Radio Engineers and the Bell System Technical Journal, to popular magazines such as Business Week and Popular Science, by the late 1930s and early 1940s predictions about the device's future had grown widespread (Business Week, 1939;Hogan, 1941;Horton, 1929;Ives, 1925;Reynolds, 1936). The consequences of a nation of faxes, according to enthusiasts, would be increased business productivity, a better educated public, and global understanding -many of the predictions that have accompanied the introduction of other media technologies (Corn, 1986).…”

Section: Origins and Applications To The Second World Warmentioning

confidence: 99%

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2006

New Media & Society

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Scholars have expressed increasing interest in understanding the conceptual and technological roots of contemporary new media. Yet, to date, accounts of the history of media technologies have ignored the rise, fall, and transformation of one innovation whose applications in the first half of the 20th century parallel recent developments in WiFi internet, mobile telephony, telework, telemedicine, online publishing, and video-on-demand. This article introduces scholars to the history of the fax machine, and suggests how the technology provides an important comparison point for analyzing technological developments, past and present. The conclusion explores how positioning this innovation more prominently within the common disciplinary wisdom about the rise of new media opens a door for scholars to deliberate about the historiographical boundaries of the ‘old media studies’ in the era of new media: what technological systems have received disproportionate attention, and what new histories of old media might be written.

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Section: Origins and Applications To The Second World Warmentioning

confidence: 99%

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2006

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