Editing Mass Media History (section)

== <span style="color: #FFFFFF;">Applying</span> ==
'''Modeling 'The Information Scaling' (Cost per reach):'''
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def estimate_reach_cost(tech_year):
    """
    Shows how media became 'Cheaper' and 'Faster'.
    """
    if tech_year < 1440:
        return "Manual Copying: $10,000 per book / 1 month"
    elif tech_year < 1830:
        return "Early Press: $100 per book / 1 day"
    elif tech_year < 1920:
        return "Penny Press: $0.01 per paper / 1 hour"
    elif tech_year < 1995:
        return "Broadcast TV: $0.0001 per viewer / Instant"
    else:
        return "Internet: $0.0000001 per user / Millisecond"

# Checking the year 1850 (The Telegraph era)
print(f"Media in 1850: {estimate_reach_cost(1850)}")
# This scaling is what allowed for 'Globalized' markets 
# and politics.
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; Media Landmarks
: '''The First Newspaper (1605)''' → ''Relation aller Fürnemmen und gedenckwürdigen Historien'' in Germany.
: '''The First Radio Broadcast (1906)''' → Reginald Fessenden playing a violin on Christmas Eve.
: '''The Kennedy-Nixon Debate (1960)''' → Those who listened on radio thought Nixon won; those who watched on TV saw Kennedy's charisma and thought he won.
: '''The First Website (1991)''' → Tim Berners-Lee's explanation of the World Wide Web.
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