Network Culture Part 2

After class on Tuesday I definitely got a better understanding of what Terranova was talking about. I found the summary of the chapter very helpful because I was able to start the second chapter with some background knowledge about the topic at hand. Chapter 2 was a much better read (I see why she enjoyed chapter 2 as oppose to chapter 1) because she was not jumping around as she did in chapter 1; her thoughts were easier to decipher and the works she referred too (Lovnik for example) were easy to grasp.

I enjoyed the part where Terranova spoke about how the interactions between various technologies such as telegraphs and satellites & canals and railways have influence the creation of another. I say this because it is to identify the correlation between these technologies. For example if telegraphs were not invented then the existence of the satellite would not be possible because telegraphs paved the way for the transmition of information and the birth of communication through long distances. After the satellite was created this form of transition was enhanced to a whole new level. This is what I believe Terranova was trying to convey to the reader in chapter 1, the importance that technology has in this modern era of communication. I also found Terranova’s connection between technology and the creation of nations & nationalism, because this then brings us back to the underlying topic of communicating through information. Without communication then nations and nationalism would not be possible due to the fact that they heavily rely on the communication between people to become successful.