The Concept of Dread, by Soren Kierkegaard, appeared in 1844, first year of the commercial telegraph...It mentions the telegraph as a reason for dread and nowness or existent.
Understanding Media, 1964, MIT/Routledge edition, p 99
Year: 1964
Chapter:
Electric, Electronic
Compiled by William Kuhns
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