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The Struggle for Control of Global Communication: The Formative Century (The History of Media and Communication) - Hardcover
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The 1840s through World War I marked the initial formulation of communication markets and the regulation of international communications. Jill Hills analyzes power relations within global communications during the period.
The telegraph shifted communications from a national to international concern. Information became a commodity while ownership of the communications infrastructure became valuable as the means of distributing information. The struggle for control of that infrastructure occurred in part because British control of communications hindered the economic power of the United States. Hills explores the technological advancements and regulations that allowed the United States to challenge British hegemony. She also demonstrates that control of global communication was part of a complex web of relations between and within the government and corporations of Great Britain and the United States.
Detailed and astute, The Struggle for Control of Global Communication reveals how the interplay between American federal regulation and economic power shaped communication technologies and proved a harbinger for the organization of power in contemporary global communications.
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Jill Hills, a professor in the School of Communication and Creative Industries at the University of Westminster, is the author of Deregulating Telecoms, Information Technology and Industrial Policy, and Telecommunications and Empire.
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Tracing the development of communication markets and the regulation of international communications from the 1840s through World War I, Jill Hills examines the political, technological, and economic forces at work during the formative century of global communication. Hills analyzes power relations within the arena of global communications from the inception of the telegraph through the successive technologies of submarine telegraph cables, ship-to-shore wireless, broadcast radio, shortwave wireless, the telephone, and movies with sound. As she shows, global communication began to overtake transportation as an economic, political, and social force after the inception of the telegraph, which shifted communications from national to international. From that point on, information was a commodity and ownership of the communications infrastructure became valuable as the means of distributing information. The struggle for control of that infrastructure occurred in part because British control of communications hindered the growing economic power of the United States. Hills outlines the technological advancements and regulations that allowed the United States to challenge British hegemony and enter the global communications market. She demonstrates that control of global communication was part of a complex web of relations between and within the government and corporations of Britain and the United States. Detailing the interplay between American federal regulation and economic power, Hills shows how these forces shaped communications technologies and illuminates the contemporary systems of power in global communications. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Seller Inventory # GOR015145005
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