telecommunication

"Describes technology before cell phones, including landlines, pay phones, telegrams, and letters"--Provided by publisher.

Teaches readers how people stayed in touch in the past, describes how communications are different in the early twenty-first century, and asks how things might be different in the future.

This book examines shifting public opinion on various issues with social media and how people have communicated throughout history, tracing the path of how Americans think about social media with each chapter providing insightful commentary on a selected primary source.

Highlights and briefly describes six different ways people around the world communicate.

"Tech is constantly progressing and changing. But have you ever stopped and wondered how it all started? In Telephone to Smartphones, discover how the first telephone evolved into the smartphones we have today. Engaging inquiry-based sidebars encourage young readers to think, create, guess, and ask questions about this technology. Book includes table of contents, glossary, index, author biographies, and sidebars"--Provided by the publisher.

Creative inventors have built hundreds and thousands of new small machines that help in every area of life. Inside, find out the latest on gadgets hard at work in every part of your life!.

When Jenny's friends start their own webcast, and it becomes popular, the Pops start a rival show and begin a ratings war, starring the Pops' fashion show against Jenny's friends' karaoke contest.

"Net neutrality advocates are fighting for government regulation and protection of this . . . frontier. They believe that the internet is now a basic human need and argue that defined rules are essential to the protection of customers and to the encouragement of innovation. Detractors worry that too much government oversight discourages innovation and investment. The viewpoints in this . . . [book] are written by experts with a variety of perspectives about a complex topic that encompasses many fields, including technology, business, and the Constitution"--Provided by publisher.

Printing words in books originated in China with the invention of movable type. But books aren't the only way we've communicated throughout history. Find out who invented the first radio, which complicated code took 267 years to crack, and how cloth weaving inspired computer programs. Learn more about the methods and machines people have used to communicate?from cave paintings and the earliest written alphabets to TVs and computers.

Explores the history of communication, from conversation in the general store to send text messages on a smartphone.