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A 4 page paper which examines the first four chapters of Paul Starr’s book “The Creation of the Media.” No additional sources cited.
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to grow. As the nation became stronger with a real future ahead of it, people demanded more and more information and this information came in many forms, addressing all subject
matter. Paul Starrs book "The Creation of the Media" discusses many aspects of the growth of the media in this nation. The following paper examines the first four chapters of
Starrs book. The Creation of the Media Human beings are perhaps naturally curious people and information is something that all people desire. While some may wish to know what
their neighbors are doing, and how others live, other people may desire to know what their political leaders are planning. While some people may wish information concerning the latest in
agriculture and livestock, others may want to know about the latest developments going on in France. People have an inherent desire to obtain information about all subject matter in order
that they can better understand whatever topic they are interested in. This is clearly much of the basis for the growth of the media in the 17th and 18th centuries.
According to Starr technology had little to do with the changes in the media during the 17th and the 18th centuries as the technology for printing was really not
any different than it had been for quite some time. Starr states, "A printer from the 1500s magically catapulted into a print shop of the late 1700s would have found
hand-operated, wooden presses little altered from his own time" (Starr, 2004; 23). Prior to the time that Starr talks about, there was not a steady flow of information, a
steady form of communication that could ultimately provide people with information they desired. But, with the 17th and then the 18th centuries such flow began to emerge and prove powerful.
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