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Mass Media in the past 20 years
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First search engine launched
WebCrawler was the first search engine on the internet to search through a document's full text, rather than only its title. -
Mars Pathfinder
The Mars Pathfinder was an American spacecraft sent to Mars for many experiments. When its first photos were released, NASA's website received 46 million hits. -
9/11
The news of the terrorist attacks on 9/11/01 was able to reach all of America almost instantly thanks to multimedia like television and the internet. -
iTunes Store launched
The Apple iTunes store was launched with 200,000 songs. In the first week, customers bought over one million songs. -
Presidential debates on YouTube
YouTube was rising in popularity with the political scene. Having this web-to-television debate partnership gave candidates the chance to answer questions directly from viewers. -
Blue Ivy Carter
Beyonce used her performance at the 2011 VMA's to announce she was pregnant with her first child, resulting in 8,869 tweets per second. -
Songs of Innocence
U2 uses Apple's launch of the iPhone 6 to release their new album, Songs of Innocence. It has been reached by over 500 million iTunes customers.
