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