History of Mass Media

By Alehegne882451

  • Boston's first continuous newspaper press

    newspapers took part in the effort to inform citizens of perceived British misdeeds and to incite attempts to revolt. Readership across the colonies increased and daily papers sprang up in large cities

  • machines and manufacturing made the production of newspapers faster and less expensive

  • Adolph Ochs bought The NY Times

  • Radio News made an appearance

  • Franklin Roosevelt first radio speech

    Roosevelt needed to quiet public fears about the economy and prevent people from removing their money from the banks. He delivered his first radio speech eight days after assuming the presidency.

  • computers began to surface

  • Edward R. Murrow made the move to television

    A lot of journalism started to appear on television

  • First televised presidential debate

  • Invention of cable

  • expansion of the Internet