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Before photography was invented, mass communications was all just words on paper, right? How would you know that the British burned down the white house in 181
by staticman2 2y ago
Before photography was invented, mass communications was all just words on paper, right?
How would you know that the British burned down the white house in 1812? Anyone could fake a paper document saying it so. (Except many people were illiterate.)
As far as I can see you need institutions you can trust.
- intended 2y agoEveryone is focusing on photography. 1) it’s not the tech. It’s the rate of production. You had only 1 newspaper, no mass media, and boatloads of time in the 1800s 2) Before photography was created we lived in a world steeped in superstition, inequality and ignorance. A tiny economy compared to what we have today. 3) humanity changed with the advent of photography. It ushered in a new standard of proof that modern society depends on to this day.