The history of Journalism is something so unique to study. Media has improved in so many ways over time. Looking back to the ways people received their news, I come to realization that there are many differences. The speed of time as well as strategies taken to express information are just a few examples. The earliest methods of transmitting news was through words written, which possibly limited its content to what people took out of the message. The accuracy of what was processed depended on the readers’ beliefs. Media was just a process of writing about events and expressing them through words, not knowing how the public would respond. The time it took for media to be expressed was a lot longer than what it takes today because they did not have the technology we have. As the wealth of the worlds economy increased, people became more dependent on the media to source their news and now it has become essential in our everyday lives.
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The pictures of the Civil War were some of the first graphics that came out. Some of the first cameras invented were taken out onto the battlefield. Photographers would snap pictures, depicting how intense and traumatizing the war was. The Blue and Gray in Black and White by Bob O Zeller was the first published narrative on Civil War photography. As we read about specific pictures that were recognized during the War, we are able to get a perspective as to why the images we see had such a strong impact on many. As the photographers went on the battlefield, they “arrived in time to capture, once again, the images of the dead on the battlefield, before they were covered by the dark soil,” (Zeller 104). The images of the dead bodies laying on the soil were very shocking and graphic to some; however, this proved how media was developing into better and more appreciated
Journalism is something that held much importance then, as it still does now with …show more content…
The pictures of the Civil War were some of the first graphics that came out. Some of the first cameras invented were taken out onto the battlefield. Photographers would snap pictures, depicting how intense and traumatizing the war was. The Blue and Gray in Black and White by Bob O Zeller was the first published narrative on Civil War photography. As we read about specific pictures that were recognized during the War, we are able to get a perspective as to why the images we see had such a strong impact on many. As the photographers went on the battlefield, they “arrived in time to capture, once again, the images of the dead on the battlefield, before they were covered by the dark soil,” (Zeller 104). The images of the dead bodies laying on the soil were very shocking and graphic to some; however, this proved how media was developing into better and more appreciated