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> The printing press, radio and TV always had ads This is not true. Pervasive advertising is far from a natural state of media and is actually an extremely rec
by anewvillager 7y ago
> The printing press, radio and TV always had ads
This is not true. Pervasive advertising is far from a natural state of media and is actually an extremely recent innovation.
- cookie_monsta 7y agoYes - it only really caught on when the Egyptians started putting it on papyrus
- arkitaip 7y agoTV programming is the USA was pretty much created when advertisers realized the potential of the medium yet understood that no one would watch ads non-stop, which is why the had talk shows, tv series, game shows, etc made. The first TV ad - for Bulova watches - dates back to 1941, just two years after the first TV sets were sold to the public at the 1939 World's Fair.
- rswail 7y agoThe reason soap operas are called that is because they sold soap.
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