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Summary. The story of mass culture from 1900 to 1945 is the story of its growth and increasing centrality to American life. Sparked by the development of such new media as radios, phonographs, and cinema that required less literacy and formal education, and the commodification of leisure pursuits, mass culture extended its purview to nearly the entire nation by the end of the Second World War.
- Daniel Borus
- 2018
Sep 30, 2013 · The influence of the mass media on American history has been overwhelming. History of the Mass Media in the United States examines the ways in which the media both affects, and is affected by, U.S. society. From 1690, when the first American newspaper was founded, to 1995, this encyclopedia covers more than 300 years of mass media history.
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mass media, modes (or, less commonly, a single mode) of mass communication whereby information, opinion, advocacy, propaganda, advertising, artwork, entertainment, and other forms of expression are conveyed to a very large audience. In this, the most general, sense of the term, mass media have included print, radio, television, film, video ...
The influence of the mass media on American history has been overwhelming. History of the Mass Media in the United States examines the ways in which the media both affects, and is affected by, U.S. society. From 1690, when the first American newspaper was founded, to 1995, this encyclopedia covers more than 300 years of mass media history. History of Mass Media in the United States contains ...
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- Upper Paleolithic Period (Early Civilizations) – Cave Paintings
- 1440 (Germany) – Printing Press
- 1843 (United States) – Telegraph
- 1876 (United States) – Typewriter
- 1876 (United States) – Telephone
- 1877 (United States) – Recording
- 1906 (United States) – Commercial-Grade Radio
- 1927 (United States) – Television
- 1943 (United States) – Mainframe Computer
- 1958 (United States) – Satellites
The most well-known form of primitive communication is cave paintings. Many scholars agree that these depictions were manuals instructing others about what animals were safe to eat.
German goldsmith Johannes Gutenberg invented the first printing press. He developed a movable metal type that allowed him to mass-produce printed materials. The first book, the Gutenberg Bible, was printed in 1455.
In 1843, Morse built a telegraph system from Washington, D.C., to Baltimore with the financial support of Congress. In May 1844, the first message, ''What hath God wrought?'' was sent.
Christopher Sholes developed and completed the first practical typewriter in September 1867. The first commercial model was manufactured in 1873 and was mounted on a sewing machine stand.
Scottish-born Alexander Graham Bell is credited with inventing the telephone and was granted a U.S. patent. In 1877-78, the first telephone line was constructed, the first switchboard was created, and the first telephone exchange was in operation. Three years later, almost 49,000 telephones were in use.
Thomas Edison invented the first machine that captured sound, recorded it, and then played it back to listeners.
In 1906, Canadian-born physicist Reginald Fessenden sent the first long-distance transmission of human voice and music from his station in Massachusetts. By the end of the 1930s, 80 percent of American families had radios in their homes.
Philo Taylor Farnsworth created the first electronic television. However, televisions did not become a mainstay in family homes in the U.S. until the 1950s.
Known as the Harvard Mark 1, the first mainframe computer weighed five tons and filled an entire room.
The U.S. government launched the first satellite to send voice signals was launched. It broadcasted a taped message conveying ''peace on earth and goodwill toward men everywhere'' from U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Feb 13, 2020 · The mass media, including "advertising, books, broadcasting in general, cable, magazines, motion pictures, newspapers, photography or photojournalism, public relations, radio, and television," are studied from 1690 to the 1990s, with analyses of "how each medium has evolved in the American culture and at how each medium has influenced the American culture."--Editor's note, p. vii-viii
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Dec 10, 2018 · Mass media refers to the technologies used as channels for a small group of people to communicate with a larger number of people. The concept was first addressed during the Progressive Era of the 1920s, as a response to new opportunities for elites to reach large audiences via the mass media of the time: newspapers, radio, and film. Indeed, the ...
