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the various types of media
The word "media" came into common use in the late 1950s. Prior to that, it was generally called the "press." There was mainly the print press (publications that were printed, and required you to know how to read-- newspapers, books, and magazines). But then, gradually, along came other forms of communication-- in the late 1800s, there were recorded music and movies (which at first were silent, but you could watch them, and read the title cards). In 1920, along came radio; talking pictures were perfected by 1927; and by the late 1940s, there was television. Finally, by the early 1990s, wider access to the internet occurred (the precursor to the internet was ARPANET, a network used by the military in the late 1960s, but the average person had no access back then). So... the different types of media include newspapers, books and magazines; recorded music; movies; radio; television; and the internet.


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