When the Medium was the Mission: The Atlantic Telegraph and the Religious Origins of Network Culture is an innovative exploration of religion's enduring influence on communication networks by Jenna Supp-Montgomerie, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies and Communication Studies at the University of Iowa. 

With lively historical sources and an accessible engagement with critical theory, When the Medium was the Mission tells the story of how connection was made into the fundamental promise of networks, illuminating the power of public Protestantism in its most material, affective, and enduring forms.

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