How has communication changed over the last 100 years ?

how has communication changed over the last 100 years?



eg. telphone, mobile phones, internet, postal service, email



please help

many thanks

xHow has communication changed over the last 100 years ?
Pretty broad question.



I think the crux of how communication has changed is the speed of communication and availability of such communication. Both the postal service and the telephone were in service over 100 years ago, as was the telegraph; however, the difference in how quickly they operate and how extensively they operate is huge.



Make a list of all the ways people communicate with each other now. Don't forget faxes.



100 years ago, the primary two ways letters and other information traveled was by ship and by train, and not by today's higher speed trains, either. 100 years ago, it would probably take you up to 4 months, if not longer, to send a single letter to, say, Australia. If it was to a *really* remote part of the world, forget about it. A telegraph or cable *might* make it there faster, but only if the area to which you wished to send the message was linked with the telegraph system.



Now, you can fax a letter to Australia in the time it takes for the phone system to connect up and send it. You can send an e-mail to someone in the Himalayas instantly. You can call people almost anywhere in the world, at locations that are incredibly remote.



Our forms of communication really haven't changed much. It still boils down to the spoken word versus the written word. The real difference is in the speed in which we can transmit our information and the broader reach to which we can send it.