In the chapter “When Old Myths were New”, Vincent Mosco describes the telegraph, telephone, radio, and television as magical, wizardly, and mythical during the time when they were first introduced to the world. These new technologies transformed the world during their own time of introduction, but he believes that their magic dies out. They accomplish their miracles and then fade into a memory of an often too forgetful public.
I on the other hand think that Mosco favors a more drastic view on this topic. These technologies do not die they just evolve from generation to generation. The telegraph has evolved into email, the telephone has evolved from a typical house phone to a sophisticated portable cell phone, radio has evolved into an Ipod, and television has evolved into tivo, movies, and dvds.
There is one magical technology that is able to combine all of these technologies into one. Therefore, keeping each individual technologys’ magic alive. Depending on a person’s preference or demographic, they are able to access all of these technologies through the wonderful world of Internet. Email is only able to be used through the internet but in addition society can access skype to keep in touch with another person, or online radio or Itunes to listen to music. The public can also view television shows or movies online through fastpasstv.com or sidereel.com. Technically today, the only technology someone would need to be able to access all of these other technologies would be the internet.
http://www.npr.org/
http://www.sidereel.com/
http://www.fastpasstv.com/
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