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The “Diamond Sutra,” was the first recorded printed book, printed in China. Although, lots of researchers are sure, that there were many books printed before this.
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The printing press was debatably one of the most impactful inventions ever. It decreased the time span of the spread of information by a lot. It helped media spread fast, and encouraged and sparked many’s minds.
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According to entertaining.com, Alexander Graham Bell created the telephone in 1876. This way, information spread faster than what was thought imaginable.
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According to Washington University, Guglielmo Marcon, an Italian inventer created the first successful radio, after many attempts in 1895. It wasn’t used until a few years after.
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During the 1920’s citizens started using the term, “the media.”
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Philo Taylor Farnsworth was 14 when he thought of the idea of the television, but it was in 1930 when he got his official patent for the first electronic television.
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During and after World War II, the radio become the object people resorted to for their updates and information.
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The communication satellite Telstar I was created in 1962 and changed the world. The Telstar I, with many other satellites, made it so reports could be given directly. All places around the world could get reports in their so called, “real world time,” according to slideshare.net .
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According to a Media Research, May 1994, 98% of amercian houses had at least one TV inside. 63% had already gotten basic cable, and an average person took up to 1/4 of their time with their television opporating.
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Today in 2019, our world is much different than it was before, because of mass media. We have many brands of phones, that have internet, high speed communication, and many ways to express your opinions freely. Social media, magazines, you name it. There are more ways than initially imaginable for information to spread. These ways are why our world is, what it is!
