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IMHO, the impact of the printing press was much more in advertising than literature. Although that is by no means the official position. (Same can be argued f
by B1FF_PSUVM 3y ago
IMHO, the impact of the printing press was much more in advertising than literature.
Although that is by no means the official position.
(Same can be argued for radio/tv/internet - "content" is what people talk about, but advertising is what moves money)
- kridsdale3 3y agoThe printing press's impact was in ending the Catholic Church's monopoly over information, and thereby "the truth". It took 400 years for that process to take place. The Gutenberg Era lasted all the way from its invention to (I'd say) the proliferation of radio stations.