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The Viability of Viewdata as a Mass Medium: A Case Study of Prestel, the Prototype for Computerized Information Systems, the Internet
| Title: | The Viability of Viewdata as a Mass Medium: A Case Study of Prestel, the Prototype for Computerized Information Systems, the Internet |
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| Authors: | Lucinda D Davenport |
| Source: | Tijdschrift voor Mediageschiedenis, Vol 26, Iss 2, Pp 1-29 (2023) |
| Subject Terms: | prestel, viewdata, videotext, digital communication, early computer systems, platform studies, system theory, internet prototype, online, Telecommunication, TK5101-6720, Communication. Mass media, P87-96 |
| Publisher Information: | Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision, 2023. |
| Publication Year: | 2023 |
| Collection: | LCC:Telecommunication LCC:Communication. Mass media |
| Description: | Great Britain’s videotext Prestel was the first viewdata system in the world and is considered a prototype to the Internet. It was a planned, technological wonder for online information and communication that other countries adopted. After a whirlwind of demonstrations and promotions, it failed to achieve a mass market in its own country and its creators’ dreams of a networked world. This article analyses why and how Prestel was developed and marketed, and its public reception, using the framework of platform studies and adding systems theory. |
| Document Type: | article |
| File Description: | electronic resource |
| Language: | English Dutch; Flemish |
| ISSN: | 2213-7653 55859518 |
| Relation: | https://account.tmgonline.nl/index.php/up-j-tmgjmh/article/view/845; https://doaj.org/toc/2213-7653 |
| DOI: | 10.18146/tmg.845 |
| Access URL: | https://doaj.org/article/0ed4173dee044bdbb55859518446c7ee |
| Accession Number: | edsdoj.0ed4173dee044bdbb55859518446c7ee |
| ISSN: | 2213765355859518 |
| DOI: | 10.18146/tmg.845 |
| Database: | Directory of Open Access Journals |