discussion exercise d
Please read the article and watch the video before answering the following two questions.
Robert Carey, “Technology and Ideology: The Case of the Telegraphâ€
BBC Order And Disorder Episode 2 – Information (Links to an external site.)
Question 1: In addition to the instantaneous transfer of news, electric telegraph technology enabled significant economic and social changes unrelated to journalism. What were these changes, and why were they revolutionary?
Question 2: What is information, according to this documentary? How are computer and data science related to the development of the telegraph and/or earlier technological developments over the course of history?