Chapers 4,5,6 Flashcards
Printing press
Gutenberg - allowed text to be stored in multiple “perfect” copies. made books available in greater numbers and at a lower cost
Movable Type
Gutenberg- typemold - enabled printers to make multiple identiclal copies of a single letter without having to hand-carve each. BIBLE
Nathaniel Hawthorne
wrote the Scarlet Letter - a banned book
Electronic Books
books published on the internet
Halftone
an image produced by a process in which photographs are broken down into a series of dots that appear in shades of gray on a printed page. didn’t have to be copied to a drawing
Time Inc.
wanted to keep readers up to date on events weekly
Gannet
publisher of USA Today and owns most of the newspapers
Pictographs
A prehistoric form of writing made up of paintings on rock or cave walls
Papyrus
An early form of paper made from the papyrus reed
Parchment
An early form of paper made from the skin of goats or sheep, which was made more durable than papyrus
pamela
Richardson - book that people in the middle class could relate to
Benjamin Franklin
established one of the first circulating (or subscription) libraries in Philly. published a magazine
dime novels
inexpensive paperback books that sold for as little as 5 cents
Book Banning
removing books from schools because of sexual content, language, violence, religion, or homosexuality
Annie Leibovitz
celebrity photographer. took a picture of demi moore pregnant