Print in the 1800s

BOOKS NEWSPAPERS MAGAZINES
Role: Educational (1) Role: Informational Role: Educational, Informational
early 1800s - low literacy printing press - handbills small circulations
expensive not journalists (some newspapers) journals - scholarly, literary
who read? who read? who read?
upper class white males upper class white males upper class white males
what did they read? what did they read? what did they read?
theology, politics, science, philosophy politics, business, religion science, theology, philosophy, literature
     
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION SPREADS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES DURING THE 1800s
It's impact:

Printing technology improves (books become cheaper, easier to print)

Literacy rates increase.

Disposable incomes increase.

Leisure time increases.

MASS MARKETS FOR PRINT DEVELOP
 
CONTENT CONTENT CONTENT
romance novels Penny Press - sensationalism Saturday Evening Post
westerns comics LIFE (photography)
     
A MAJOR SHIFT OCCURS - FROM LITERARY QUALITY TO SALABILITY (8)
     
Role: Educational/Entertainment Role: Informational/Entertainment Role: Informational/Entertainment
     

How did print diffuse across the United States? (7)

East to West
Urban to rural
Upper class to middle and lower class
     

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