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    what started the era of communication. Morse code is a system created by Samuel F. B. Morse that uses dits and dahs sent over an electromagnetic box to relate messages. Throughout its growth, it has aided in many wars and led to new inventions like the radio and telephone. While it’s not used today, it’s important to know its historical impact. Imperative in paving the way for a new era of communication and the advancement of long distance communication, Morse code and the telegraph also aided in the

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    Breaking the Code Dots and dashes with dashes and dots. It’s Morse Code; the seemingly basic system of communication which initiated a monumental trend in global society. Samuel Morse, Alfred Vail, and Leonard Gale, the creators of the code, began cooperating on the project in 1837 (Bellizzi 2). Morse had a background as a professional artist and was a professor of art and design in Massachusetts. His motivation to create this amended form of correspondence sparked in 1832 on a return voyage from

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    transmitted messages to and from different places. Once the telegraph became popular, the telegraph was used for fast communication . There were two men majorly involved in the creation of the telegraph. The man that created the telegraph created morse code, which was involved in many other future forms of technology. The technology that evolved from the telegraph has been used throughout history. The telegraph ideas are used in modern day times to create new ways of communication connecting the corners

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    information from one location to another. Each new communicating technology has had an impact on society, greater than the one before. The telegraph changed society indirectly, by transforming the workings of government and industry. The Telegraph and Morse Code invention was also used to make historic announcements. One way that it was first used in this way was to bring the news of the death of Prince Albert in 1861. A telegram was also sent to the current Queen Elizabeth to let her know about the death

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    In those times obtaining or sending information was tedious and slow, using methods like a letter, pigeons, or messengers. These tactics were unsafe and not secure for vital governmental information. Samuel Morse a graduate of Yale University is credited with the invention of Morse code (a code invented by him and named after him) and the invention of the

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    However, it was Samuel Morse that would go down in history for bettering Joseph Henry's invention. Samuel made sketches of a "magnetized magnet" based on Henry's work. He then went on to invent a telegraph system that was a practical and commercial success. Samuel Morse While he was a professor of arts and design at the New York University in 1835, Samuel Morse proved that signals could be transmitted by wire. He used impulses of electrical

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    So what are genres? When most people are asked this question they will reply with something like science fiction, horror, mystery, or romance. While these are not fundamentally wrong answers, those with such responses do not understand the full breadth of what genres truly are. According to the dictionary, a genre is “a class or category of artistic endeavor having a particular form, content, technique, or the like” (Genre). Still though this does not capture the full breadth of what a genre

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    Social media can be a form of communication. Social media refers to the means of interactions among people in which they create, share, and/or exchange information and ideas in virtual communities and networks. Social media is about conversations, community, connecting with the audience and building relationships. It is not just a broadcast channel or a sales and marketing tool. There blogs, blogs are platforms for casual dialogue and discussions on a specific topic or opinion. There is also Facebook

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    American Industrial Revolution In the 19th century, America became an industrial country, the powered machinery shifted the industry into mass production. The development of steam engines improved the transportation system, further, increased the production of iron and steel. The textile industries have begun to develop, and produce various products. The industrialization leads to accessible banking, further, deliver telegraph communication to many businesses through locomotive trains. This essay

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    Throughout history, there are key inventions such as the telephone and the computer that transcended the way people communicate and relay information with each other. The invention that started this wave of faster and faster communication, the telegraph, proved to be revolutionary, paving way to many of these efficient methods of communication in the United States. During the late 19th century, the United States faced significant transformations culturally and socially with the help of the Telegraph

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