Electronic Preser from Telegraphy Jeffrey Sconce Durham & Londonannie Media Pi ofthe church ths ofthe computer cip As We shal, ome vn fe tat the key o immorality ite iso be oan inthe telecom ‘munca aetwors of the fre. By examining shin counts of lecronc taasmuubiey ad media wcinee, Hated Mein provides an praesent of hil con- texfor what mary tke bea wally “postmen” debate Il argue ‘tarcuneat dbs verte electronic ratinon of consciousness. ‘aril ncorprt this loager sary of savertng eecwen>sialanety [nto more fess Scone of mia presence. Although soe igh a eta th techoalogy fly dos exist (or wil soa) 0 realize such Alucrprntv frases, hs ok apes tht ach dress have abs ‘ee iid and seemingly eminent but ae ofcourse, ulm impos ‘ble fate end we ar aa lf with terial machine a the ea of ‘sch operat pecultin, a device mechan see, socially ‘ployed and clay eid wine pee historic momen. 1. Mediums and Media ‘Within Sveyear span inthe 180s, the American public wines ‘wo ofthe moet reartable romeo in tlcumancton toy. On 24 May 184 hends and obevesgabered with Samuel B, Mors athe Sipe Cour ia Washington, D.C. to parcpate athe fist fica st fan lecromagneic telegraph ine Mis Elsworth, te daughter of te ‘oamisoser of pute, had the onor of chosing the st words © ‘te wazamited by his now tectnology Mowe seat Ber chosen mess, "What th God wrought?” wo his soca, Aled Yl in Baker, ‘ho ten sent the mestge back to Washington for consi nt casuing yer, the elegrap apily expended a comme operation, ‘odin tbe following dose is Lines quickly cose te cone. By "8651 the tlogipe network had oct nicotnent oad 0 Calon. By 1866 a rene cable reached acs the Alan 9 ‘and and beyond Fora wel tht bad waited wees to receive message fom aro the oem, and ays to eee messages rom cos the mation, he abi © ‘owact London fro NewYork oaly ecods must ave guy ested he mite of credit Ren more asia te eleconi eiry of ‘oe leraph made possible te asantneous exchange of message in ‘be complet abseae of physical hoes. Repoing ona mexing on ‘ected by telograph employees ove th company Wie in 1857, an ae- sick commentator provides ypical acount oft bing ne “ele eesnce” created b his techology: “We pubis the flowing nove, tnd interesting account of «meting ofthe employes of the Amesican “Regraph Company onthe 38a, t— wh pce? hat the ee font mo place rat al places where thre wece Telegraph oes, inte cc of Seven hundied mis. A large room, tat seven dred mis in iamster—fora meeting o convene... The memes ‘gether in pst—in communication, and yet in bay Sven ded les apa" ‘This tens of isemodle communion ws ab upresfete and mos Hovectve quay of he eae ne dium, ping many cote ‘entra dlr Mores inenonthe most momentoarnaoeton aHated Med cts story In he Hi of serie of ach showing prions Stout stecwonie madi, many blioved elepaghlctehaclony woul ea to hinge than opin age. “The world, ts ben se willbe made 1 rst whlspring ile” wrote one telegraph ents “I would ‘ater sya get assembly, where every oa wl sand hear everyone ls. The most remarkable effet fT may jodge fom my ov naow ‘hoogh, willbe he aproch o 3 pac! uy ofthe human ace; of whic we have never yet hd 2 foreshadowing, exept nthe gospel of Inthe mistfssch opin achnophila ony our years after Mowe’ able debt of is remaableivenion the family of Joka an Ma get Fox went bed forte evening in chi al cotage a Hysve, ‘New Yor, «tiny ilag ae sothss of Rocher. Fora amber af mors previou the ight of 31 Mach 1848, the family had endured toatysleples evenings punctate by series of srerpained distr ‘ons ath ome, Previous tennis also complained oft nce -stotrppings nd cigs the cous bu espe equ ent ducer and liinate the wut ofthese sound, the pies cotnsod ‘sated, On this paral nip, Job, Margret and thei 80 young ‘auger slepttogetherin be paren biroom. Terapia suns were ity von hang and although Mr and Ms Fox ied get thir lento ignore the nies ad gt lee, the danghters amnsed themseves by ining the commen. Fal the youngest deaphr, Kats aloud, “Here, Me. Spf oa d” Kate thn clapped her ans thc times, which nsantanecuy gare ire of tyros ‘ap in appcentespont. Kate's ster, Mager, id he ae anda ‘ted thee ofthe mysterious ooking sound. Suspectiog an uuseen ietligece behind th rppings he ilten's rover engaged thea ine ety ndnlogue, Evenly, by pings anes in espns ‘te qusiton of Margaret Fox, he pit comes coated ote, eri the age ofthe Fox cides and nuered ho many ofthe Fo fy ‘nee il alive and bow many were det. Ltr the Splat esponded 19 Thee complex questions by rpping once or “ye” and wie fr“. Receanng this appre pera eacuster athe ues a es books, nd pombe tha gpored ints wake, many believed that wih his exchange of words nd Knacks Kale Fox bad opened “te {sah ite” to soter word Dring the Sint mes ofthis coma, more than ve unde people resid ave gered a the hose 0 wines - poraitcomnemceting Kate Fox's nil “leap stat wt ‘Pst wie 188. iy of pram, Cae ad Company, London, 8) nana convertion and conten! Shrly afer the myseius pings in desl, th ox cnshiers were eer nse ay 0 Arelmives Remove rom the “hed house” td fom eck oie’ Jnfoeoe, te two gil severles contin to ast the iexplible pings a ir new homes, Quick the around egal began 0 snes the strange mapping phesomens, ling thi olde erin och, Lash Fox (who wos 008 become the itt hare inte. ‘ted partes money to wines te rapping). Communication i his ist Ino “spina eegraph” gradual became more complex Moving ‘eyo simple yo anrvers the spss gan to “speak in eteces ty rapping in response to are lp. Carouy hose who vised ‘ese homes en eine otra ova fd hat he Knocking ‘psi ha ole bem ome wel ‘curing inane of vit soil and tshaslagcl change er te ons whole, the mysterious rappigs in upper New York Stas help ‘yuk a rls ad poical movement that would become known as Moe Spsualam.Within dead the movenent woud aac hoo