The radio:
Provided a means of one way mass communication. The government has the ability to reach the people with issues, policies and propaganda.
The trans-continental telegraph:
Primary communication source for politics, media, and trade
Allowed news to travel faster, almost "real time"
The Telephone:
Instant two way conversations
Helpful for politics as well as business
The Photograph:
Although invented quite earlier than the twentieth century, the camera had been modified since its initial debut
The pictures taken during wartimes were valuable to the people back home, and provided persepective on a the World Wars that people hadn't been able to see before due to the great destruction the wars brough about
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Good summarization, but did the phototgraph really enhance MC?
I would have to agree with Areeb on this one. I am not sure that the photograph was an essential and earthshattering development in the sense of mass communication.
I hadn't really considered the photograph as mass communication, but I think you might be seriously on to something. After all, every member of your group considered film (simply moving pictures) to be mass communication and propaganda (often in the form of a banner or poster) to be mass communication also. After all a picture is worth one thousand words! Ok, I hope that last comment didn't undo the point I made above.
Wow, your post is very interesting. How fast did telegraph posts travel? And is it true that when telephones were first invented, they weren't very popular? What about the impact the pictures had on people, especially of wars? Isn't it true that pictures of Vietnam led to the anti-war movements and the poor treatment of American soldiers once they returned home? And why now photographers and cameramen must be cleared before they are allowed behind the scenes of wars?
Out of the few means of mass communitcation listed which do you believe was the most important prior to World War II, and for that matter what would you consider the most influential mean of mass communication in the 21st century?
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