Johnwel Amador

INF 152
Newspaper
The newspaper emerged as a distinct cultural form in early-17th century Europe. It is bound
up with the early modern period of history which saw the rise of urbanism and international
trade and the emergence of political parties and institutions. As a cultural form, the
newspaper has been a topic of interest for social scientists for more than a century.
The first newspapers contained reports of happenings to do with commerce and politics, but
printers soon discovered that if these reports appeared alongside entertainment and gossip
they would attract more readers. Advertisers quickly caught on and the advertising industry
grew rapidly alongside the rise of the newspaper. By the end of the 19th century
newspapers had become the source of large profits for their owners the first press barons.
The daily newspaper has thrived in this form for more than 150 years. In the Western world
during the 20th century daily life for most people would have been inconceivable without it.
Television is a telecommunication medium used for transmitting sound with moving images
in monochrome (black-and-white), or in color, and in two or three dimensions. It can refer to a television
set, a television program, or the medium of television transmission. Television is a mass medium,
for entertainment, education, news and advertising.
Broadcasting is the distribution of audio and/or video content to a dispersed audience via any
electronic mass communications medium, but typically one using the electromagnetic spectrum (radio
waves), in a one-to-many model. Broadcasting began with AM radio broadcasting which came into
popular use starting with the invention of the crystal detector in 1906. Before this, all forms of electronic
communication, radio, telephone, and telegraph, were "one-to-one", with the message intended for a
single recipient. The term "broadcasting", borrowed from the agricultural method of sowing seeds in a
field by casting them broadly about, was coined by either KDKA manager Frank Conrad or RCA historian
George Clark around 1920 to distinguish this new activity of "one-to-many" communication; a single radio
station transmitting to multiple listeners.