Following the Historical Paths of Global Communication

Outline of chapter 1
Geography of space is your location geographically. Today how people are located is not isolated as it used to be.Nowadays, we moved to the space of experience. This one enables people to be connected due to the space of flows.The space of flows is a term used by Manuel Kaster. It is defined as the material and the immaterial components of the global information networks through which more economy is connectedGeography and mythical
Frances Cairncross argued that the speed of COM creating a world where the miles have little to do with our ability to result from these trends. Example we have diminishing need to emigration.System of COM

They are informal networks of travelers and traders that resulted in a trade and culture exchanges. In the past trade existed with traditional means like books, now the means changed. Mapmaking was an integral part of COM history. Two reasons behind that: business and military for expansionBenedic Anderson argued the idea of imagined communities that gives a detailed analysis of nation building projects and their relationship to print media.

Growth of telegraph:
in the 19C expanding system of imperial COM, made the transmission of information rapid ensured secrecy and protection.The Era of new agencies: the essential agencies are: French Havas Agency, Germany Agency Wolff, British Reuters.In 1945, the flow of information moved from London to New York.
The rise of Reuters:
relationship between capital, the control, and the influence on information.
Radio:
cheap and could be sold as a mass scale compared with telegraphRadio was first used by Nazi German then by other including leaders of the Arab states like Naser. Radio Sawa is used by the US to target new audience when in the past US used radio in Europe against the Soviets. Al hora is used also by Americans to promote their ideas and ideology in the Middle East.