Winter, 2023
Dr. Lewis Kaye lewis.kaye@utoronto.ca
Network History Report
20% of final grade
DUE DATE Week 6, February 17
LENGTH 3 - 4 pages, double-spaced, NOT incl. headers & bibliog.
This assignment asks you to choose a particular media network OR organization and assess
its relationship to processes of globalization. This report is to be primarily historical and
descriptive in focus, considering how your chosen network or organization has been
conceived, developed, technologically and administratively organized, and operated as an
instrument of globalization. This project could, but doesn't have to, form a preliminary or
background research report for your major research paper.

Your choice of network OR organization should be highly focused. You can choose one
the networks or organizations listed below. However, this is by no means a comprehensive
list so feel free to choose something else if you wish. If you do, make sure to run your
choice by me so that we both know you're on the right path.

Some Appropriate Contemporary and Historical Global Network Technologies
- the international submarine cable communication network
- the satellite telecommunication system
- the international postal network
- the telegraph network
- the Internet backbone
- "global" news broadcasting networks (these are networks whose goal is to reach
audiences outside their home countries)

Some Appropriate Global Media/Network Organizations
- UNESCO
- ICANN
- the International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
- INTELSAT
- INMARSAT
- Iridium Satellite Communications
- Starlink
- SWIFT (Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication)
- the Universal Postal Union (UPU)
- the International Maritime Union (IMU)
- the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
- a specifically focused international broadcaster, such as BBC International, CNN
International, CGTN (China Global Television Network), Al Jazeera, Radio Canada
International, etc.