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These people copied books by hand before the advent of the printing press.
Who are SCRIBES?
These items were used in ancient times to "broadcast" news the governments wanted people to know.
What are the Acta Diurna & Diabo?
The use of the telegraph during the Civil War developed this format of writing, which is still used by news agencies.
What is the inverted pyramid?
The first continuously published American newspaper.
What is the Boston News Letter?
This movement helped journalism by encouraging people to become literate.
What is the Renaissance?
He invented the first printing press, which allowed people to print entire pages at a time.
Who is Johannes Gutenberg?
When the government gave permission for a newspaper to be printed, it was termed this.
What is "by authority"?
The development of this machine changed the world by making reading material accessible to everyone.
What is the printing press?
America's first daily newspaper.
What is the Pennsylvania Post?
This movement was a period of time when newspapers exaggerated things and wrote sensationalized stories in order to compete with each other for readers. The truth was not a priority.
What is yellow journalism?
He published the first American newspaper, Publick Occurrences.
Who is Benjamin Harris?
When an authority, such as the government, chooses to restrict what is printed in the press, it is called this.
What is censorship?
This invention provided journalists with a method of reaching their audiences instantaneously and became a huge force in American life during the 1920's.
What is radio?
America's first student newspaper.
What is the Student Gazette?
This movement began "cleaning up" the journalistic world and launched campaigns to go undercover in big business to expose bad working conditions.
What is the Muckraking period?
His trial established truth as a defense against a charge of libel.
Who is John Peter Zenger?
The phenomenon of everyone around the world being connected together and knowing news as it happens has been termed this.
What is the global village?
The first television newscast occurred in this decade.
What is the 1940's?
This guarantees the right to a free press.
With the explosion of Digital Media and social media sites, this has become an issue for everyone.
What is "Fake News"?
These two men were the most notable of the yellow journalists, even creating a war climate in Cuba in order to sell newspapers.
Who are William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer?
Over half of today's adults get their daily news information from these outlets.
What are social media outlets, such as facebook and twitter?
The invention of this technology has had the most impact on journalism than any other development in its history.
What is the internet?
This established regulations for the radio/broadcast industry's use of the airwaves.
What is the Radio Act of 1927?
This is a person who makes a career out of setting trends on social media sites.
What is an Influencer?