Mass Communication

Mass Communication is a major source for people to receive information and entertainment. Mass Communication can be used by television, radio, Internet, and print sources (books, magazines and newspapers). These sources can present humans the views of other people, events and cultural life. We can use mass communication to present our own views to the world also, (like blogging).

There are four major advancements in mass communication:
1.) Tribal Epoch, talking, started since the beginning of time, communicate mainly face to face.
2.) Literate Epoch, alphabet, started around 2000 BC, communication does not have to be face to face.
3.) Print Epoch, books, started around 1450 AD, communicate to hundreds at once.
4.) Electronic Epoch, telegraph, started around 1850 AD, communicate to someone specific miles away.

This information came from the textbook:
Wood, Julia T., ed. Communication Mosaics: An Introduction to the Field of Communication, 5th ed. Boston: Thomson Wadsworth, 2008.