International Herald Tribune, May 13th 1999, “Déjà vu? Tech Issues Plagued the Victorians, Too”

Questions

1)      Find out details about Wired Love by Ella Cheever Thayer.

2)      Draw parallels between the nature and impact of the Internet now    and those of the telegraph over 100 years ago.

3)      The social and business changes brought about by the telegraph: develop and compare with the Internet.

4)      Do you agree that the Internet is shrinking the world?

5)      How did the telegraph change “ the art of war, of government and the value of information”?

6)      “According to the history of the telegraph what can be said of the Internet ?” Answer this question in the text with personal examples.

7)      “You can’t tell at one time what will be significant and what won’t” : give examples.