Old Media Always Afraid of New Media... Even Back in 1929
from the history-lesson dept
Petrea Mitchell reminds us that "old media" always ends up reacting poorly to "new media" no matter what we're talking about. As an example she points to this story about theaters (the kind that put on plays) fearing new-fangled radio broadcasters back in 1929:Once upon a time, complimentary theatre tickets would come with a covering note like this: "Dear Sir, The Management of the ------ Theatre will be much obliged if you will very kindly co-operate with them in safeguarding the enclosed invitation from being used for the purpose of broadcasting a notice of the play from any station of the British Broadcasting Corporation. The invitation is intended to meet the convenience of legitimate journalism, exclusive of broadcasting." Dated 10 October 1929 and quoted in Ego: The Autobiography of James Agate (1935)That's right. If you were a journalist who was given free tickets, you could report about it the newspaper, but heaven forbid you talk about it on the "radio." Why, that would just be bad.
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But seriously, what is old is new again. We are not only destined to repeat the past, we're on our fifth or sixth go around.
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Could porn save America . . . ?
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Our media reflect our reality, and we likes us some pr0n!
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The new media are always used to spread heterodox religious, moral and political ideas -- "heresy pornography and treason" to the people on top.
The printing press and the Reformation is a classic example. However the printing press was also the birth of pornography in the modern sense -- as distinct from dirty pictures which we have always had with us.
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Porn
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Maybe it's because of my lack of intellect, but I don't see anything in the previous comments that warrants your sarcastic comment. Would you care to elaborate or are you satisfied by just lobbing indirect and unsupported criticisms? (And please don't tell me you're insinuating that someone who makes a comment about the porn business is somehow automatically stupid. You may not agree morally with the business of porn, but it is a business.)
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Guilty feeling...
I never felt that way when I download songs/movies:)
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