HISTORY132 - Dissemination of News
Online news from news apps and the more recent onslaught of social media news outlets seem to have overtaken and wiped-out traditional news outlets such as printed newspapers, radio, and television. I thought it would useful to explore how we got to this point. So, this blog will document the history of dissemination of news. After a short introduction, I will cover this history in several evolutionary stages: ancient and Medieval foundations, print news, radio news, television news, and online digital news. I will end with a summary of news dissemination today and a look at future ways news might be disseminated. As usual, I will list my principal sources at the end. Introduction News is newly-received or noteworthy information, especially about recent or important events. The word news is derived from the Middle English newes , meaning "new things.” ( It is not an acronym for North, East, West, South - a commo...