How Does Radio Affect Society

Throughout history many invention has made an impact for society which later makes an impact for the whole of humanity and later evolved. From Thomas Edison inventing the light bulb to Johann Gutenberg inventing the printing press. However, the invention of radio has caused the most impact for society as it provided society with easier communication and later on entertainment alongside with access to information. Guliemlo Maroni the Italian man who is credited as the inventor of radio. Marconi read a biography from Heinrich Hertz, a German physicist who proved the theory of electromagnetic waves to which Marconi used his experiment by sending transmissions from one side of the room to the other. Marconi took his idea to the Italian government …show more content…
Since the internet is very big in this era and popular it has become can integral part of everybody’s live. This technology allows a person to start a global adventure in radio owing to the new mean of audio communication. The internet radio model has become very convenient for todays society and for many reasons. One of the reason it that there is no limit on how far the audio can be transmitted as it is run via airwaves, terrestrial radio are capable to travel 30-40 miles and satellite travel about 20 000 miles (2001), whereas the internet is unlimited. There are less interference and interruption by commercial and advertising, though in order to make money internet radio makes money by putting on 15-30 second commercials in-between songs even though advertising is show the ads don’t take away from listening to the songs (llistening.com , 2011). Internet radio is also free no costly subscription fee for satellite is necessary. But even though the internet radio provides best quality of sound nothing is perfect, people still deals with radio static or frequency loss. One of the biggest part about internet radio is that users can listen anywhere whether user is listening from home, or the car or the computer, the usage of this radio is not limited to …show more content…
According to absolute radio (Radio, 2011) one of the most popular internet radio station was called Pandora which streams music and is automated music according the individuals person taste and interest. Another station was called Live 365, in which users created their own station to reach audience globally. Another type of program is called Blog Talk Radio which allows people with a telephone and computer host a talk show allow to share into the web radio (BlogTalkRadi,