communications industry structure, including mass media, advertising, and telephone companies
Unlike the telegraph and Morse Code, the telephone enabled communication in ordinary spoken language. The telephone thus lowered transactions costs for conveying information quickly across space and created better opportunities for entrepreneurs to offer new information services. Here’s an example of such innovation: Several years ago [about 1902] an editor in a small Illinois town … Continue reading early information service via telephone
Kamishibai master Yassan (Yasuno Yuushi) continues the art of kamishibai — massively popular moving picture performances in Japan before the age of television. … Read the post kamishibai: moving pictures before television
The Great Depression that began late in 1929 and extended through the early 1930s had a major effect on U.S. newspaper advertising expenditure. U.S national advertisers spent less on newspaper advertising in 1938 than in 1919. In 1938, spending of national advertisers in newspapers was only 57% of the corresponding advertising spending in 1929. Greater … Continue reading Great Depression concentrated newspaper advertising expenditure
Low-price rental of DVDs through kiosks is growing rapidly. Redstar, the industry leader, has grown from 6,700 video kiosks U.S-wide about January 2008 to more than 20,000 expected by year-end 2009. In early May of this year, Video Business reported that DVDPlay had 1,200 kiosks and NCR had 2,200 MovieCube kiosks, with plans to add … Continue reading cheap physical distribution of video
In ancient Rome, many adults watched chariot races, gladiator contests, staged animal hunts, and pantomime shows. They constituted Roman mass media. … Read the post mass media in ancient Rome