Project Gutenberg

Shannon Vargas Effects of Mass Media HUM/186 September 15, 2015 Ms. Allyson Wells Effects of Mass Media Our culture is molded and influenced by mass media. From the ancient times of story tellers, tribal leaders and elders to Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, communication and the flow of information has been vital to developing civilizations. The major developments in mass media are oral and written presentation, printing, electronics and digital programming. Technology changed the models of…

Gutenberg and the Invention of the Printing Press Tremendously impacting the western world, Johann Gutenberg invented the first printing press. The first book he printed using the printing press was the 42-line Bible in Latin. This was a huge deal and people from all over wanted a bible to keep in their homes. It was convenient and cheaper than the traditional way of making books which required more labor, time, and money. People who were not wealthy could also purchase books. Johann Gutenberg…

Over the past two decades the world has seen a major shift in the development and use of media, communication and technology. Amongst industrialization and urbanization, both the audience and the communication in which surrounds all demographics has changed so dramatically many may argue that the mass communication era has ended completely. When looking into the countless changes in day-to-day life, one can understand that each change is or was as a result of technology; one can also argue…

Before radio, internet, television or social media, world wars posters had a significant impact on graphic design. One of the primal forms of advertisement was the posters which began to develop as a medium for visual communication in the early 19th century. They influenced the development of typography for the purpose of reading from a distance and required larger type to be produced. The poster quickly spread around the world and became a principle of the graphic design trade. Besides,…

Leonardo Da Vinci, Galileo, and Michelangelo are names that would go down in history, because of their work in the arts, and sciences. Galileo, Da Vinci, and Michelangelo helped the Renaissance, become so influential.The Renaissance is remembered in history due to its inventions, and other discoveries. The Renaissance, spanned from the early 1400s to the early 1600s. It was mainly in eastern Europe and western Asia. Technology, Science, and Math gave the Renaissance it’s place in the history…

up that book one thinks of it as something rare. Books on almost any topic can be found at several libraries and bookstores all across the world, but there was a time where books were as rare and expensive as precious metals and gems. Johannes Gutenberg was a fifteenth century German blacksmith and goldsmith, whose invention of the movable type printing press revolutionized the production of books. Before Gutenberg’s printing press, books were created by hand. Scribes would cut out sheets of…

Benedict Anderson the author of Imagined Communities identifies a nation as an imagined political community that is limited and sovereign, as well. The political community consists of a sect of people who feel as if they are united based on a common ground. The people of a nation feel united and identify themselves as an “us” and people outside of the nation would be considered as a “them”. The limitation in the imagined community is the boarders of the nation, no nation can be considered as…

It is likely that he spent this time developing his new printing method, as some scholars believe it took at least ten years for Gutenberg to take his ideas to make the printing. Johannes Gutenberg did not invent the printing press. He introduced it to Europe which made books in Europe much cheaper then wooden block. Though the Gutenberg Bible was certainly the first mass produced printed work, it was hardly the first printed book or was it even the first made using movable type.…

The invention of the printing press led to the spread of new ideas, literature, and religion throughout Europe. Johannes Guttenburg's invention of the printing press was a vital turning point during the time of the Renaissance. It shook the grounds of religion and encouraged people to become more educated. The printing press impacted the lives of the rich and the poor by creating a cheaper and faster way to spread knowledge, literature, and religion. Before the printing press was…

to our new technology? Printing presses have improved our printing. Instead of printing with woodblocks one letter per press, a easier machine was invented. A printing press is a machine for printing images or text and this was made by Johannes Gutenberg in the 1450s. So, what was a more important consequence of the printing press; exploration or reformation? In my opinion, the printing press had a more important consequence of exploration because with the printing press, they were able to print…