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1445
Invention of the printing press
Gutenburg invents the printing press, this allows media, and news to be spread around of Europe. -
Photography is introduced
Now people can have visual physical records of history. -
Invention of the Telegraph
People could now communicate through messages, also breaking the barrier of distance. -
Invention of the telephone
People could now communicate by their voice, conversations can now also break the barrier of distance. -
1st film is publicly shown
This showed the public the evolution of technology, now documenting the fact that people can store documentation in videos, this scared people as well. -
1st radio broadcast in the US
The first radio broadcast in the US was a a huge advance, and really the beginning of mass media, as the reporters reached out to many all across the country. -
Golden age of film - 1920s
Hollywood blows up leading to actors becoming national sensations, and famous as possible. -
T.V. was introduced to homes
This was significant, T.V.'s now being in homes leads to mass media via commercials, and news channels being able to reach millions with 1 broadcast. -
The internet begins
The internet is where mass media became one of if not the biggest things in our lives. You could now do a easy search and then gain all the info you could possibly need over a subject. -
User generated content grows
User generated content, now being probably the thing people watch the most. (Youtube, TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat) The sites let you reach hundreds of millions of people and let people do their own form of media to a mass audience.