EOTO 1 Com Tech Timeline

 EOTO Com Tech Timeline 

    My topic for the EOTO com tech timeline was the newspaper. The news paper, a form and publication of mass media and mass communication issued weekly or daily. Used to provide information, news, and other features to tell the public important things. The newspaper has been around for many years, although it has changed and grown over the years it is still resent to this day.

    The earliest form of newspaper can be found in in Ancient Rome. It was called the "Acta Diurna", which means daily doings. This was made by the government in order to tell the public about different information. Such as events, deaths, births, and gossip. This is also similarity seen in China, throughout the Tang dynasty. Their they used handwritten sheets to share important information with he government. 

    John Gutenburg  was known for making the first printing press. This sparked the first ideas of newspaper. Originality it was used to print bibles, however once word got around it was used to make newspapers. People from all different places were making and buy presses to make their own creations. The first known newspaper that I can date back was created in England. It was named the Oxford Gazette and the latter changed to the London Gazette. The newspaper made its way to America in 1609 and was called the "Publick Occurrences". This however only lasted on issues due to the government shutting it down.     The newspaper is till clearly a current thing to this day. There are many pros and cons of the newspaper. Some pros being it improved awareness and communication, provided credibility and analysis, as well as spread literacy and education. Also to include the benefit of local news, being able to find out what is going on around you. It also provides many opportunities. Some cons of the newspaper are creates bias, environmental impact, digital age decline, costs, less timley.

    Although the news paper is still around it isn't as popular as it used to be. Now with the digital age and social media being so popular it is less appeling. People would rather look up news or a article online the actually sit down to read a paper. Also with the use of online information it is quicker ad more timely. However the same pros and cons still come into play, bias being a big one.

    We see lots of newspapers now available on line such as, The NewYork Times, Wall Street Journal, etc. Especially for me as a college student I would rather read news sources on line rather then an actual paper. Simply because I live in a dorm and wouldn't want to make the trip to the mail center for a paper that I could just lookup online. However I think that the newspaper still applies to a certain target audience. People that grew up not having technology probably would still prefer to read the paper rather then a website. I know my grandparents still read the paper every morning. However the paper isn't for everyone these days.