Dated back to twenty to one hundred years ago and beyond, the media we know today, was not even in the same ballpark in comparison to the 20th century media. There were no computers, there was no internet, cell phones, any social networking site. If you wanted to hang out with a friend or needed to meet someone, or wanted to find out information on celebrities, everything was done by in person(hanging out with someone) and done by print(newspapers). The only way of communicating over the phone were the ones that have a knob and you have to dial it that way.
A few main ideas that I came across in the article we read was, one being on typewriters. Although those are pretty much outdated now, close to ten to twenty years ago, the typewriter was a lifesaver on being used on the "written and printed word." My mom actually still uses a typewriter for my dad's business for certain documents and labels and it is still affective. Another main idea I found was on bulletin boards. I forgot and did not realize until the read "The Written Word", that in the work place especially, bulletin boards are used as a communication device to get a message across to either a small group of individuals or large group even. The last point I wanted to highlight from the article is, on the internet and how that too has also evolved over time. From the invention of HTML to Microsoft to e-mail, to all the information we are able to access through all the databases. I am just curious what's going to be the next form of communication.
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