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Technology allows the mass production of documents. However most people can't read
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Published by scientists and engineers. Speeds up technolgy
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Tecnology now allows for monthly printing. The fact they are 'General Interest' shows more people can read.
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Technology has now improved to allow for daily printing and this allows people to get daily information and react to events that happen around them. this advance creates the role of reporter
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This development allows for real time communications even over long distances
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State funded at first. First mass media is broadcast into people's homes. Hitler used this advance in technology to broadcast propaganda
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State funded via license payers which proves to be a very powerful media. Today there are 24 million TVs in the UK
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Invented by the US military to communicate between bases
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Allows for multiple channels & internet in homes
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The first mobile phone had 1/2 an hour talk time and weighed 1kg it cost £2000 and was used in buisness
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High speed 100's of channels available
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Becomes the most popular form of communication. 1.2 billion texts are sent on average per month
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Web used to search for information and to buy things online
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3G mobile available allows people to take pictures and videos. in effect everyone can becoma a reporter
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web 2.0 emerges and social networking starts to arise
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4g mobile arrives and enables high speed internet connectivety
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web 3.0 begins to emerge. the internet becomes a tool that organises and finds things for you. "passive" clouds