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Communication Technology in History

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Why does communication matter ? Communication is the centre of human experience Changes in technology have made the transmission and recording of information and ideas much easier and widely available
Communications in Ancient Times Until the 1440s all books in Europe were copied by hand. Very low literacy rate (6%) Most people who could read and write were male, noble or in the Church.
What is literacy ? Literacy is the abliity to read and write
What is a literate person? A person who can read and write
What is an illiterate person? A person who cannot read and write
How did illiterate people get information ? Through pictures eg, In Early Christian Ireland the pictures on High Crosses described bible stories, In the Middle Ages images on guildhouses showed what guild was based there eg, meat for a butchers,
What was the relationship between literate (people who can read and write) and illiterate people (people who cannot read and write) ? People who could not read and write depended on the elite people who could read and write for information. This gave literate people power over the illiterate. For example, ordinary people depended on priests for information about the Bible.
Who invented the movable type printing press ? Johannes Gutenberg in the 1440s.
What did the movable type printing press do? It meant lots of copies of books could be printed together. This made books cheaper to produce and buy.
How did the movable type printing press affect society? Books were cheaper to buy More people learnt to read and write Ideas were spread - eg, the ideas of the Enlightenment, the Renaissance, the American Revolution People were not as dependent on their leaders for information
How were literacy rates affected by the invention of the Movable type printing press by Johannes Gutenberg in the 1440s? By 1550 literacy rates in England and Germany had improved from 6% to 16% By 1750 60% of adults could read and write
Advances in the Printing the in the Industrial Age Friedrich Keonig invented the steam powered printing press in 1812. This type of press could print at a much faster speed.
What impact did the invention of the Steam Powered Printing Press have? This resulted in the growth of mass media as newspapers could now be printed quicker, in greater numbers and with more pages
Advances in the Communications Revolution in the nineteenth and twentieth century Develpoment of sending and recieving information using electronic devices. eg. wire messages, telegraphs, telephone and radio
The Electric Telegraph Invented in 1831 by Joseph Henry. Could send and recieve messages over long distances
Telephone Invented by Alexander Graham Bell in 1876 Allowed people to communicate over long distances via wires
Radio Invented by Marconi in the 1890s. By the 1930s nearly every home in the USA and Britain had a radio. The first communication system to comminicate with whole popluations Gave people access to news, music, weather
Television Invented in the 1920s.
Example of significant historic use of radio Hitler used radio for propaganda broadcasts . He made radios very cheap to buy so that Germans could listen in. Churchill used radio for his victory speech and to criticise Eamon De Valera for his policy of neutrality during 'The Emergency'
Example of significant historic use of the printing press Thomas Paine wrote and distributed the pamphlet Common Sense which contained all the main ideas of the American Revolution. It inspired people to join the Amercian Revolution and later inspired the French Revolution.
Example of significant historic use of television TV Footage of the Vietman War inspired anti war protests Images of the Black Civil Rights movement in the USA inspired the Civil RIghts Movement in Northern Ireland
Communication Advances in the late 20th and early 21st century internet. mobile phones, satellite technology
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