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Paper is invented in china. Historical records can now be stored
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Gutenberg invents the printing press
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Photography, actual visual records of people and history can now be stored
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Samuel Morse invents Morse code. Morse code communication breaks the distance barrier.
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The telegraph, text communication breaks the distance barrier
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Bell invents the telephone. Conversation breaks the distance barrier
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Lumiere brothers present the first publicly shown film.
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First radio broadcast in the US. The birth of the modern mass media
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The golden age of film, Hollywood turns actors into national celebrities
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User generated content grows (YouTube). Time magazine names you as the person of the year