SOC 103 Study Guide - Interchangeable Parts, Movable Type, Digital Video Recorder

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 103
• Professor: Tonya Davidson

Document Summary

Mass communication: transmission of messages by a person or group through a device to a large audience. Mass media: devices designed to communicate messages to a mass audience. Hieroglyphics: an early form of visual communication developed by the egyptians. Papyrus: an early form of writing paper developed by the egyptians. Block printing: devices designed to communicate messages to a mass audience. Involved engraving text and illustrations into wooden blocks that were then inked and pressed onto paper. First major application of mass production and its interchangeable parts constituted one of the earliest instances of a technique that would become instrumental to the industrial revolution. After the printing press made books and pamphlets accessible to masses, newspapers began to emerge across europe. Used to transmit train orders and other communications. In 1832, joseph antoine plateau developed the phenakistoscope, which consisted of two spinning disks that gave the impression of movement.