COMM104 Lecture #2 In 1897, Naval ships were being converte
from “wood and sail to steel and steam
(Winkler, 2018). Lt. Edward W. Eberle, of
the US Navy, is noted as saying carrier
pigeons were the best way to send fast
strategy reports from ship to ship when
Spanish enemy ships were nearing
(Winkler, 2018). Watch this 2-minute vide
that depicts how messages have been sen
using different technologies over the time
and answer the following prompts:
Explain how, in each era, despite how
unique, humans used available
communication technology to work,
interact as communities, and record
history.
• Describe how technology is always
changing. Why do human communities
value communication technology and
typically use it to send messages more
efficiently than they might have without
it?
Why is it that humans continued to
develop the technology they used to
communicate?
.