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Early humans started to communicate with signs and gestures.

True

100

When was the first post card service was opened?

In 1861

100

Criers shared...

...the news of births, deaths, marriages, and divorces.

100

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100

What do criers and messengers have in common?

Both shared news to other people in the past.

200

The Avisi (or gazettes) were handwritten and focused on politics and foreign news.

False, they were handwritten, but they were focused on POLITICS and MILITARY CONFLICTS

200

What topics the Boston News Letters DID NOT shared?

Political discussions to not upset the colonial authority.

200
Johannes Gutenberg invented...
...the printing press in 1440
200

Qipao:

Palace reports and imperial bulletins shared and distributed by China.

200

Who invented the newspaper "The Sun" and when.

Benjamin Day invented "The Sun" in September of 1833.

300

The internet and the World Wide Web were created in 1999.

False, they were created in 1989.

300

What was the Era of Camels?

When people used camels to deliver messages.

300

In 1867, Alexander Graham Bell...

...invented the first electronic phone.

300

London Gazette:

A public documentation of legal notice. (used to be called Oxford Gazette)

300

What did early humans used to share news besides signs and gestures?

Cave paintings.

400

James Campbell invented the Boston News Letter

False, John Campbell did.

400
What was the Acta Diurna?

They were carved news on stone or metal sheets that shared political news, military campaigns, chariot races, and executions.

400

After WW2...

...radical changes in newspaper production happened.

400

Printing press (complete definition):

A movable types press that permitted the reproduction of printed materials at a note of 4000 pages per day.

400

What revolutionized journalism?

The printing press.

500

The Corante distributed daily news from Italy, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Bohemia, the USA, and France.

False, the Corante distributed WEEKLY news of these countries except the USA.

500

How much copies did The Sun's improved press printed?

18000 copies an hour.

500
Radio, television, and the internet...

developed serious competitors as sources of news, official information, and entertainment for vehicles as advertising.

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Journalism: 

The activity of writing newspapers, magazines, web browsers, or preparing news to be shared to other people.

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Sort in order all the events of the timeline of the lesson "History of Newspapers"

1.- Early humans started to communicate with signs and gestures.

2.- Humans started to express their thoughts with cave paintings

3.- Era of Camels

4.- Messaging pigeons

5.- Opening of the first postcard service

6.- Invention of the first electric phone

7.- Invention of the internet and the World Wide Web