JOUR 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Théophraste Renaudot, Philosophical Transactions Of The Royal Society, Scientific Revolution
13 Dec 2017
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Journalism in the west is and always has been a business: an enterprise that seeks a market and pursues a profit. Journalism content has crucial consequences on the society it serves: news has always been an artifact that has been designed to be sold. Journalism is a running account that is true of society"s affairs. Journalism is a business that services and supports other forms of commerce because it is traditionally supported by advertising. It is a platform that puts commercial messages in front of consumers. Invention of printing sets off series of social changes- one of them being scientific rationalism: science is founded on systematic exposure of senses to the world. Rome means don"t go there to trade: first postal routes development in europe since roman empire development, hunger for what"s happening in the world is the beginning of public news. Instrumental in igniting american revolution- ex) common sense by thomas.
