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The first main newspaper in the U.S./ colonial america was created
Boston received a widespread newspaper -
100 magazines
The U.S. had 100 mainstream magazines -
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Production costs decrease
Production costs for newspapers decrease -
Muckracking News
The twentieth century lead to some news that revealed corruption in businesses and governments -
A new form of Media is now popular
Motion Pictures are becoming popular -
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Movies effecting magazines
Magazines about movies and movie actors develop -
Radio
The first main radio broadcast was in Pittsburgh -
First formal radio network
Created by NBC -
F.D.R’s Fireside Chats
F.D.R. Created a radio that lets normal Americans communicate with the President -
homes have radios
Half of U.S. homes have radios -
8 main music magazines
The American Newspaper Directory listed 8 main music magazines -
News On T.V.
Edward R. Murrow switches to T.V. and creates a news show. This leads to other networks such as NBC and ABC to get involved -
New way of making Newspapers and Magazines
Computers are starting to be used to create media -
Presidential Debate
The First Presidential Debate on Television was in 1960. -
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Presidents
Presidents used T.V. to gain supporters -
415,000
415,000 computers purchased in the U.S. -
5th fastest growing Magazine topic
The topic is Computers -
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Internet Expansion
The Internet is growing -
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Citizen Journalists
Citizen Journalists are those who use personal devices and post events to the internet -
The first social media candidate
President elect Barack Obama used websites such as YouTube and Facebook to advertise his campaign