The Telegraph How Technology Innovation Caused Social Change Studies on Industrial Productivity: Selected Works Series

First published in 1997. Information processing is crucial to social life and an important element of control. Innovations in information processing have the potential to dramatically alter social relations. Understanding the process of technology innovation and diffusion as well as the economic, social, political and cultural impact of a diffusing/diffused technology is crucial to understanding society as technology is often the impetus for social change. This book addresses both the process and impact of technology innovation as it relates to communication technology.

Part I Part One; Chapter 1 Origin and Diffusion of New Technology; Chapter 2 Telegraph Innovation: Origin and Diffusion; Part II Part Two; Chapter 3 Telegraph and Formal Organizations; Chapter 4 Telegraph and the Political System: Power and Politics; Chapter 5 The Telegraph and Culture; Chapter 6 The Telegraph and Social Stratification; Chapter 7 The Telegraph and the Judicial System; Chapter 8 The Telegraph, Nationalism, and the Global Community; Chapter 9 Conclusion;

Annteresa Lubrano