InformingtheWorld
Everyday, thenewsoftheworldisrelayedtopeoplebyover 300 millioncopiesofdailypapers, over 400 millionradiosets, andover 150 milliontelevisionsets. Additionalnewsisshownbymotionpictures, intheatresandcinemasallovertheworld. Asmorepeoplelearnwhattheimportanteventsofthedayare, fewerarestillconcernedexclusivelywiththeeventsoftheirownhousehold. AstheEnglishwriterJohnDonneputitnearlyfourhundredyearsago, nomanisanisland. ThisideaismoreappropriatetodaythanitwaswhenDonnelived. Inshort, whereverhelives, amanbelongstosomesociety; andwearebecomingmoreandmoreawarethatwhateverhappensinoneparticularsocietyaffects, somehow, thelifeanddestinyofallhumanity.
Newspapershavebeenpublishedinthemodernworldforaboutfourhundredyears. MostofthenewspapersprintedtodayarereadinEuropeandNorthAmerica. However, soontheymaybereadinallpartsoftheworld, thankstothenewinventionsthatarechangingthetechniquesofnewspaperpublishing.
Electronicsandautomationhavemadeitpossibletoproducepicturesandtextfarmorequicklythanbefore. Photographicreproductioneliminatestheneedfortypeandprintingpresses. Andfewerspecialists, suchastype-setters, areneededtoproduceapaperormagazinebythephoto-offsetmethod. Therefore, thepublishingofnewspapersandmagazinesbecomesmoreeconomical. Furthermore, photo-copiescanbesentovergreatdistancesnowbymeansoftelevisionchannelsandsatellitessuchasTelstar. Thus, picturescanbebroughttothepublicmorequicklythanpreviously.
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