TRUE OR FALSE
Learning about the evolution of communication is not related to the history of newspapers.
FALSE: learning about the evolution of communication is the base to understand why information is shared in newspapers.
Primary source of spreading the news:
The word of mouth was the primary source of spreading the news. Humans exchanged news long before they could write.
What is the best way to share information to an audience?
Who and when: Printing press.
Johannes Gutenberg’s - printing press - 1440
Who and when:
September 1833 - Benjamin Day
Best way to communicate information is to share it orally.
FALSE: people might forget or not understand it completely.
Brought the news in the continent:
Merchants, sailors, travelers.
Who brought in information related to battles?
Messengers raced back from battlefields with reports on victories or defeats.
How did the press improved the sharing of information?
A rate of nearly 4,000 pages per day, or 1,000 times more than could be done by a scribe by hand.
How much did The Sun cost?
Printed on small, letter-sized pages sold for just a penny.
Criers shared information in villages, labeled as "socially important".
TRUE: Criers walked through villages announcing births, deaths, marriages, and divorces.
Pedlars or criers: picked up the information brought in to the continent.
Pedlars
How was the Acta Diurna made?
Carved news on stone or metal sheets.
Weekly news from Italy, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Bohemia, France and the Low Countreys.
1621- England - Corante
TRUE OR FALSE: technologically improved printing press - 10, 000 copies per hour.
FALSE: Printed approximately 18,000 copies per hour.
FALSE: used to share politics, military campaigns, chariot races and executions.
Made the Acta Diurna public:
Julius Ceasar
What other source of information was developed after the Acta Diurna? (according to our timeline from class)
Chinese - 202 BC - Qipao
A public documentation of legal notice, established with the Oxford Gazette.
London Gazette - 1666
What kind of stories did The Sun shared?
Appeal to Mainstream consumers.
Qipao shared information related to the government.
TRUE: its news was “palace reports or imperial bulletins” distributed by the government and intended for bureaucrats.
Details about early Gazettes:
Venice, Italy - Avisi or gazettes - 1566
How were Gazettes developed firstly?
Handwritten
When, who, what: became the first successful newspaper in America; didn’t engage in the political discussions so that he won’t upset colonial authority.
1704 - John Campbell - Boston News-Letter
Why could the The Sun be important for business?
Because it had Room for advertisement.