Chapter 7 - Mass Media in a Gendered Society Flashcards
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But really mass media started as an “?” with the Gutenburi; printing press. It was the first form of mass media in 1450
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industrial-era phenomenon
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It was first put to use by inventor, ?, to produce “thousands of indulgences for the church” and the following year a “42-line Bible, the first book ever printed on a movable type of printing press”
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Johaness Gutenburg
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created by Samuel Morse and was the first means of electronic words in the late 19th century. It was the first means of electronic communication.
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Telegraph
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Telephone in 1876 by ?: first used as a radio not the telephone that we know today.
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Alexander Graham Bell
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In 1891, Thomas Edison with “the Edison Company successfully demonstrated the ?, which enabled one person at a time to view moving pictures”
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kinetoscope
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In 1896, Edison showed his improved ? and it was the first commercially, successful, projector in the U.S
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Vita scope projector
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In 1920: Radio came, “radio stations started broadcasting in the beginning of the 20th century. This brought the new concept of listening to radio programming into more people’s homes on affordable radios”
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Vita scope projector
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Technology that is intended to reach a mass audience. It is the primary means of communication used to reach the vast majority of the general public.
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Mass Media
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is communication—whether written, broadcast, or spoken—that reaches a large audience.
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Mass Media
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is a significant force in modern culture.
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Mass Media
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is a significant force in modern culture.
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Mass Media
