COM 160 Lecture 3 Outline of Past Lecture I. TermsII. Concentration of Ownership III. Acts: Communication Act of 1934 & Telecommunication Act of 1996IV. Video: Behind the business of pop music Outline of Current Lecture I. History of Books II. Info on booksIII. Conglomeration of booksCurrent LectureI. Historya. Romans create written languageb. China made paper in 105 a.d.i. Persian made papermaking (brought to Europe)ii. Chinese have primitive wooden printing pressc. Rome overtaken by illiterate tribesi. Monks hand-copied thousands of manu scripti ii. “Book of Kells”- an illuminated text by monksd. Moses 10 commandments Mel Brookes URL: http://youtu.be/4TAtRCJIqnki. This shows that stone text wasn’t a portable mediume. Development of books cam because we learned how develop paperf. Gutenberg’s Rediscoveryi. Moveable type letters in media therefore doesn’t wear outii. Took him 20 years 1. Also developed system for pressing paper against inked typeiii. Gutenberg Bible g. Fear of power of printed wordi. The Bible- part of protestant Reformation1. John Wycliffe translated to English2. William Tynsdale exhumeda. Historically it was believed that the rulerswanted to reserve translation so that they were the only ones who could translate because they realized the power printed word had and how once it is translated we (the people) can question authorityThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.h. Printing in the New Worldi. Juan Pablo 15391. “Breve y Más compendiosa doctina Christiana” ii. Harvard College in Cambridge1. 1640 “Whole Book of Psalms”iii. printing controlled by King George IIiv. Stamp Act1. Limits controlling expression 2. Social changea. Revolutionary War b. Abolition of Slaveryc. Food and Drug ActII. Other Stuffa. Pocket Booksi. Don’t need to know the examples below for test:1. Lost Horizon2. Wake Up & Live 3. Five Great Tragediesb. Instant Booksc. Online Freebiesi. Project GutenbergIII. Conglomerationa. Bottom line is $b. Blockbuster mentalityi. Big corporations want only best sellers c. Subsidiary Rights d. Hypercommercialismi. Top 10 best sellers are the samee. May 2000 advertisement placement in booksf. Aliteracyi. Unwilling to do sog. Where does the new textbook dollar go?
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