MDSA01H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: E-Government, Air Canada, Fourth Estate
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Mass media are essential social, political, and cultural institutions. The european roots of media and western society. Modern mass media began to emerge in mid-15th century europe with. Joha(cid:374)(cid:374)es gute(cid:374)(cid:271)urg"s de(cid:448)elop(cid:373)e(cid:374)t of the pri(cid:374)ti(cid:374)g press in mainz, germany in. End of middle ages beginning of renaissance a transition from social order where people were subservient to the powerful church and monarch, to one that was more sympathetic to the freedom of individuals and ideas. The renaissance and the movements and conceptual developments that follow it, -humanism, the reformation, the counter-reformation, the enlightenment, and the industrial revolution paved the way for liberal democratic industrial societies and modern forms of mass media. Renaissance: a major aspect of the renaissance was the rediscovery and revival of learning and literature from antiquity, especially the greek and roman empires, which had been lost and suppressed during the middle ages.
