TY - JOUR
T1 - Networks in motion
T2 - The alliances of information communication technologies and mobility technologies during the 1918 influenza pandemic
AU - Coleman, Miles C.
AU - Mari, Will
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2023.
PY - 2023/5
Y1 - 2023/5
N2 - In this article, we turn back to the 1918 influenza pandemic to throw light on the alliances of information communication technologies and technologies of mobility (such as the car) during the pandemic. We examine newspaper articles, technical publications, and other historical texts to demonstrate that, despite the fact that mobile technologies—such as cellular phones—did not exist during the 1918 pandemic, the telephone and mobility technology nonetheless formed alliances as networks in motion, or social moments in which risk and reward are calculated not simply by the ability to move, but rather the ability to move, while remaining connected, revealing insight into early cultural formations that share similarities and differences with the use of modern mobile media and mobility technologies during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
AB - In this article, we turn back to the 1918 influenza pandemic to throw light on the alliances of information communication technologies and technologies of mobility (such as the car) during the pandemic. We examine newspaper articles, technical publications, and other historical texts to demonstrate that, despite the fact that mobile technologies—such as cellular phones—did not exist during the 1918 pandemic, the telephone and mobility technology nonetheless formed alliances as networks in motion, or social moments in which risk and reward are calculated not simply by the ability to move, but rather the ability to move, while remaining connected, revealing insight into early cultural formations that share similarities and differences with the use of modern mobile media and mobility technologies during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
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U2 - 10.1177/20501579221148427
DO - 10.1177/20501579221148427
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85147112734
SN - 2050-1579
VL - 11
SP - 156
EP - 173
JO - Mobile Media and Communication
JF - Mobile Media and Communication
IS - 2
ER -