When the Medium Was the Mission: The Atlantic Telegraph and the Religious Origins of Network Culture

by Jenna Supp-Montgomerie

Book Overview

**FINALIST, 2022 PROSE Award in Theology & Religious Studies**

An innovative exploration of religion's influence on communication networks

When Samuel Morse sent the words "what hath God wrought" from the US Supreme Court to Baltimore in mere minutes, it was the first public demonstration of words travelling faster than human beings and farther than a line of sight in the US. This strange confluence of media,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1479801496
• ISBN13: 9781479801497
• Release Date: February 2021
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 8.9"