MDSD02H3 Chapter Notes -Connotation, Bay Psalm Book, Signify
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We learn things in two ways: somatically things we know through direct sensory perception (six senses, symbolically things we know through someone or something. E. g. a parent, friend, textbook, radio, film, etc. Medium middle; that which comes between two things: e. g. television. Media broad term describing a diverse array of communication technologies: e. g. human beings, smoke signals, letters. Mass media communication technologies with the potential to reach a large audience: print media. Johannes gutenberg german printer, and inventor of the movable-type printing press (1450) Cambridge, massachusetts popular religious tracts were being printed by 1640. 1700s many cities began to have their own local newspapers. New york sun was considered the first successful mass- circulation newspaper didn"t begin until 1833. Newspaper industry grew when they began using editors and receiving financial backing. 19th 20th century, newspaper industry experience explosive growth. 1973 newspapers reached 63 million copies daily. Declined from then on : 2005 55. 3 million copies daily.
