Editing The History of Mass Media (section)

== <span style="color: #FFFFFF;">Remembering</span> ==
* '''Mass Media''' — Diversified media technologies that reach a large audience via mass communication.
* '''The Oral Tradition''' — The passing of information and stories by word of mouth (The primary "media" for most of human history).
* '''The Printing Press (1440)''' — Johannes Gutenberg's invention that allowed for the mass production of books.
* '''The Penny Press (1830s)''' — The birth of the cheap, mass-market newspaper for the common person.
* '''Telegraph (1844)''' — The first technology to separate "Communication" from "Transportation" (Information could move faster than a horse).
* '''Radio (1920s)''' — The first medium to bring a "National Voice" into the private home.
* '''Golden Age of Radio''' — The period when radio was the dominant home entertainment (1930s-1940s).
* '''Television (1950s)''' — The medium that added "Image" to "Sound," fundamentally changing politics and advertising.
* '''Broadcast Era''' — The period when a few large networks (like NBC, BBC) controlled everything the public saw.
* '''The Internet (1990s)''' — The transition from "Broadcast" (one-to-many) to "Network" (many-to-many).
* '''Yellow Journalism''' — A style of 19th-century reporting that used sensationalism and scandals to sell papers.
* '''The Phonograph (1877)''' — Thomas Edison's invention that allowed the mass distribution of music.
* '''Cinematograph (1895)''' — The birth of the motion picture industry.
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