Avon Print Media with Bruce Deckert

About this episode

The episode discusses the historical impact of the printing press and the evolution of media in Avon.

In the 15th century, Johannes Guttenburg introduced the printing press to Europe, which not only defined print media’s dominant role for centuries to come, but also fundamentally altered the social, political, and religious structure of the Western World. However, since the turn of the 20th century, the media landscape has, once again, begun to rapidly evolve with the advent of radio, video broadcasting, and, eventually, the internet. This revolutionary change would not escape Avon. Joining u...

People in this episode

Hosts: Jim Pabich, Terri Wilson

Guest: Bruce Deckert

Topics covered

• printing press
• media evolution
• history of print media
• social change
• political change

Keywords

• printing press
• Johannes Guttenburg
• media landscape
• Avon
• 20th century
• radio
• internet

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Avon

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