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Paper was invented in China.
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In 1455 Gutenberg invented the printing press which spreader all over Europe.
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First commercial printing which happened in London’s Grub Street which is recognized for the beginning of mass media,
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Photography started being popular and was invented- used as a form of storage for pictures. This made readers more attracted to reading what was written.
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Due to it being “text” communication distance wasn’t a problem and broke the barrier of being too “far”.
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Outside of Matthew Brady’s studio in New York stood shocked an curious visitors and the pictures of the corpses after the battle of Antietam (which was the deadliest day).
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The telephone was invented by Bell and now conversations broke down the barrier of communication even farther. This made people be able to talk to each other without the need of being face to face/be in the same town.
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The phonograph was invented and it had a wider use and more homes got it. People listened a lot to music so this was commonly seen in homes.
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Lumiere Brothers present film and some people were scared of such discovery. (The thing were silent movies at that time).
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This was the birth of modern mass media as the first radio was broadcasted in the 1920s in the U.S.
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This was the golden age of films! Many actors and actresses were made fanboys by Hollywood nationally as internationally
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Televisions were everywhere and commercials invade everything. Also, a person watches on average of 22,000 commercials a year.
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Apple sells the first home computer in 1976
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The 1990s was when the internet was invented and global networks revolutionized how people could access information.
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Windows 95 was created and was used as the standard in business communication and data storage.
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This is when mass media free even more! People could access it through internet, a platform that kept getting bigger with websites like YouTube, Facebook and more!
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The year where user generated content started to grow as people could interact with content from other people. Also, Time Magazine names “You” as the person of the year.
