JOUR 1001 Lecture : Early Newspapers and Early News History

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Journalism and Communication
• Course: JOUR 1001
• Professor: Allan Thompson

Document Summary

Acta diurna: early form of news distribution, 59 bc, news sheets handwritten and posted daily in public places for about 280 years (roughly the same amount of time newspapers have been published in north america, slaves assigned the tasks of copying them, contained a mix of daily news and human interest stories. Multiplication effect meant thousands of readers could receive the same story led to the birth of social movements as people realized they were on the same page philosophically, they could organize and affiliate with each other first document to be printed on the printing press was the bible first story to be printed documented the voyages of christopher columbus (the story of the century) ironically, a large portion of the population was not interested in writing or were prohibited from it (privilege for the elite) it was not necessary for survival at this time.