Newspapers, as a center of knowledge and information, have served us great in providing reliable and raw information. Back when advertising wasn’t a go-to resource of desperation to attain the attention of readers, newspapers was an outlet of flowing information that spoke the mind of the writer about diverse topics and subjects. Couple years ago, we’d see our grandparents check their doorstep every morning to see if there’s a new stack of newspapers awaiting them to fill them in about the news of the world. They relied on these sheets of papers rather than the usage of a box with antennas that sits on their counter doing absolutely nothing. With its popularity, newspapers cultivated the habit of reading and was frequently at an affordable
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(3) In addition to that, it was a continuously published source of information by Henry Muddiman, an English journalist but then was transferred to become a property of the government. (4) Unfortunately, freedom of writing did not last for long, instead strict printing laws and restricted the way writers and publishers presented their ideas. Then moving to America, newspapers immediately stepped ahead and the press shed lights on politics and the political opinions and the first successful newspaper was Boston NewsLetter which was in the hands of John Campbell in early 1700. Because of the revolutionized American journalism, it was fixated on publishing daily newspapers and emulated to what is known for the “penny press”; this method offered the ability for everyone from all social classes to have their hands-on newspapers. (5) This significant technique expanded the American readership and was famous for charging a cent per page unlike other newspapers where they charged more than 5 cents per page, but the difference is that those expensive newspapers presented different news than the penny papers which was a struggle for the penny papers industry. But the penny papers relied heavily on advertising as a source of profit since they sold their papers cheaper than any …show more content…
While a story can get a start in many ways, topics are carefully selected it’s only important if it looks and feels important to the reader. Now amateur reporters rely on their own observations, but arriving at the truth is a challenge. When responding to urgent news, coverage depends on graphic detailing and title baits that grab the public’s attention because the truth is sacrificed. For example, the death of a president or the emergence of a new leader have always been considered newsworthy events. In the book of The Victorian Internet, it designates the way the telegraph interconnected the people around the globe leading to the creation of telephone networks and then the Internet. I agree that the telegraph drastically impacted our way of life and definitely smoothed the process of transmitting news from a place to another, but the internet also had a hand in renovating how news is shortly collected and conveyed to the world in a matter of seconds. Back when technology was not available yet, such information was spread through word of mouth; what it’s known as “viva voce”. Human communication starts with every individual being wired in a certain way depending on the milieu that he’s surround with. The human brain reacts to the linguistics spoken around us, and the combination of signs and symbols which therefore is considered “a technical extension of human
(3) In addition to that, it was a continuously published source of information by Henry Muddiman, an English journalist but then was transferred to become a property of the government. (4) Unfortunately, freedom of writing did not last for long, instead strict printing laws and restricted the way writers and publishers presented their ideas. Then moving to America, newspapers immediately stepped ahead and the press shed lights on politics and the political opinions and the first successful newspaper was Boston NewsLetter which was in the hands of John Campbell in early 1700. Because of the revolutionized American journalism, it was fixated on publishing daily newspapers and emulated to what is known for the “penny press”; this method offered the ability for everyone from all social classes to have their hands-on newspapers. (5) This significant technique expanded the American readership and was famous for charging a cent per page unlike other newspapers where they charged more than 5 cents per page, but the difference is that those expensive newspapers presented different news than the penny papers which was a struggle for the penny papers industry. But the penny papers relied heavily on advertising as a source of profit since they sold their papers cheaper than any …show more content…
While a story can get a start in many ways, topics are carefully selected it’s only important if it looks and feels important to the reader. Now amateur reporters rely on their own observations, but arriving at the truth is a challenge. When responding to urgent news, coverage depends on graphic detailing and title baits that grab the public’s attention because the truth is sacrificed. For example, the death of a president or the emergence of a new leader have always been considered newsworthy events. In the book of The Victorian Internet, it designates the way the telegraph interconnected the people around the globe leading to the creation of telephone networks and then the Internet. I agree that the telegraph drastically impacted our way of life and definitely smoothed the process of transmitting news from a place to another, but the internet also had a hand in renovating how news is shortly collected and conveyed to the world in a matter of seconds. Back when technology was not available yet, such information was spread through word of mouth; what it’s known as “viva voce”. Human communication starts with every individual being wired in a certain way depending on the milieu that he’s surround with. The human brain reacts to the linguistics spoken around us, and the combination of signs and symbols which therefore is considered “a technical extension of human