Colonial mailboat schedules dictated the rhythm of family correspondence

Evidence

As I suggested earlier, American studies are grounded in a transmission or transportation view of communication. We see communication basically as a process of transmitting messages at a distance for the purpose of control. The archetypal case of communication, then, is persua- sion; attitude change; behavior modification; socialization through the trans- mission of information, influence, or conditioning or, alternatively, as a case of individual choice over what to read or view. I call this a transmission or transportation view because its central defining terms have much in common with the use of “communication” in the nineteenth century as another term for “transportation.” It also is related strongly to the nineteenth-century desire to use communication and transportation to extend influence, control, and power over wider distances and greater populations. — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 244 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The transmission view of communication derives from nineteenth-century transport metaphors — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 244; Colonial occupation extends into the individual body and daily life itself

Related

• The transmission view of communication derives from nineteenth-century transport metaphors (similarity 0.81)

Broader Connections

• The transmission view of communication derives from nineteenth-century transport metaphors #corroborates (0.55) — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 244
• Colonial occupation extends into the individual body and daily life itself #expands (0.45)