Tuesday, January 17, 2012

How did the evolution of printing change communication?

The evolution of printing changed communication drastically all over the world.  With the invention of paper in China, to its' distribution and production  spreading throughout Europe, communication through this type of medium began to flourish.   Our Western Civilization also owes the Chinese for their wood block style printing, which was the precursor to the printing press.  The printing press opened the world of communication in book form to the masses, once again helping this type of communication to evolve.  


Once books and tablets were produced and inexpensively, and literature and language were easily attainable, communication became much easier than having to wait for the scribes to transcribe the stories of literary masters of the past.  The ability to print anything for anyone, and easily being able to share ideas and ideals, opened up a whole new world of intellectuals and scholars.     Having the ability to read noted works or to study the world was unavailable to the commoners until the production of the printing press, which revolutionized the way that we communicated from person to person, city to city and country to country throughout the world.  


Once books were spreading the words of many journalists, novelists and scholars, communication began to change form with people producing other  forms of communications, like flyers, newspapers, posters, broadsheets and hand bills (programs).  Communication sky-rocketed with the inventions of these formats of paper communications.  



2 comments:

  1. The question remains - what will be next? Will it still be considered print?

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