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This comprehensive exploration delves into the intricate infrastructures of various communication channels including live and delayed media, spanning interpersonal methods such as mail and telephone to mass media formats like television and newspapers. We examine the distinct technical frameworks that enable effective communication—from packet-switched networks and copper wires to broadcast technologies. Additionally, we analyze the policy approaches influencing media delivery, the impact of the First Amendment, and the evolving role of the Internet in blurring traditional distinctions in media, transforming how we connect and interact with information.
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Four broad media categories live delayed interpersonal mass
Media archetypes live delayed mail telephone interpersonal mass television newspaper
Distinct technical infrastructures live delayed mail telephone Packet switchedtrucks, planes, trains Switched networkcopper wires interpersonal Broadcast networkradio waves broadcast networkprint and deliver mass television newspaper
Distinct actors live delayed mail telephone USPSFedEx, UPS AT&T, RBOCs interpersonal CBS, ABC, NBC, Foxcable channels, cable networks Paper publishers mass television newspaper
Distinct policy approaches live delayed mail telephone Common Carriage(private owners) Common Carriage(government) interpersonal 1st amendment Licensing mass television newspaper
live delayed mail telephone answering machine interpersonal voice mail conference call mass television newspaper
live delayed mail telephone telegramovernight delivery interpersonal mass mailing mass television newspaper
live delayed mail telephone interpersonal targeted newsletters severaleditions per day mass television newspaper
live delayed mail telephone interpersonal many channels taped programsreruns mass television newspaper
Internet as convergence live delayed mail telephone interpersonal ip telephone email web-cast listserv mass television newspaper
old distinctions become irrelevant live delayed mail telephone interpersonal ip telephone email CU-seeme software updates web web-cast listserv mass television newspaper