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Directions:  Select a communications technology artifact.  Use the internet and other resources of your choice to research your artifact and completely answer the questions below.  This information will be the outline by which you prepare and present your PowerPoint presentation and your information sheet. 

1.  Name of artifact:  ________________________

2.  Who invented or innovated the artifact: _________________________________

3.  When was it invented: ______________________________________

4.  What  social conditions existed during this time: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________
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5.  What was the public general reaction to the artifact: _____________________________________________________________________________________________________
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6.  The technological artifact that was used prior was __________________________________________.

7.  What impact did the artifact have on society? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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8.  Was the impact positive or negative?  WHY? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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9.  If the artifact is no longer used answer the following questions:
                When did the artifact start to be phased out: ______________________
                What was its replacement:   __________________________________

10.  In the space provided explain how the artifact works.  Describe the principles of technology that were utilized.  For example, if you were doing a camera you might explain how a
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