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  2. Marshall McLuhan - Wikipedia

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    McLuhan was born on July 21, 1911, in Edmonton, Alberta, and was named "Marshall" from his maternal grandmother's surname.His brother, Maurice, was born two years later. His parents were both also born in Canada: his mother, Elsie Naomi (née Hall), was a Baptist school teacher who later became an actress; and his father, Herbert Ernest McLuhan, was a Methodist with a real-estate business in ...

  3. Timeline of media in English - Wikipedia

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    1995 Westinghouse Electric Corporation buys CBS, paying 5,4 billion Dollars. 1995 Website Z Net. 1996 Fox News Channel starts broadcasting (United States). 1999 Foundation of Indymedia (also in other languages)

  4. Information Age - Wikipedia

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    The Information Age [a] is a historical period that began in the mid-20th century. It is characterized by a rapid shift from traditional industries, as established during the Industrial Revolution, to an economy centered on information technology. [2]

  5. History of communication - Wikipedia

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    Mass Communications and Media Studies: An Introduction (Bloomsbury, 2010) Poe, Marshall T. A History of Communications: Media and Society From the Evolution of Speech to the Internet (Cambridge University Press; 2011) 352 pages; Documents how successive forms of communication are embraced and, in turn, foment change in social institutions.

  6. List of time periods - Wikipedia

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    Chalcolithic (or "Eneolithic", "Copper Age") Ancient history (The Bronze and Iron Ages are not part of prehistory for all regions and civilizations who had adopted or developed a writing system.) Bronze Age; Iron Age; Late Middle Ages. Renaissance; Early modern history; Modern history. Industrial Age (1760–1970) Machine Age (1880–1945) Age ...

  7. Timeline of social media - Wikipedia

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    Gettr, an alt-tech social media platform aimed at conservatives, is launched by Jason Miller, a former aide to U.S. President Donald Trump. [113] 2021 Defunction NK.pl was shut down on 27 July ending a near-15 year history of once the most popular social media in Poland. Arrival of Facebook to the Polish market being cited as one of the reasons ...

  8. History of journalism - Wikipedia

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    "European Communication Networks in the Early Modern Age: A new framework of interpretation for the birth of journalism," Media History (2011) 17#2 pp 189–202 Daly, Chris. "The Historiography of Journalism History: Part 2: 'Toward a New Theory,'" American Journalism , Winter 2009, Vol. 26 Issue 1, pp 148–155, stresses the tension between ...

  9. History of American journalism - Wikipedia

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    The Creation of the Media: Political origins of Modern Communications (2004), far ranging history of all forms of media in 19th and 20th century US and Europe; Pulitzer prize excerpt and text search; Streitmatter, Rodger. Mightier Than the Sword: How the News Media Have Shaped American History (1997) Tebbel, John, and Mary Ellen Zuckerman.