Imagine if the world had images of Hoeryong, North Korea’s concentration camp for political prisoners, if the world could see the hidden horrors, no doubt the images would spread like wildfire and raise heated discussions. Inventions like that of the camera spark revolutions, they transform the way that we act and the way we feel. A powerful image has the has a certain magic to it that create sympathy, sadness, anger, and awe within us, but it is only with mass communication networks that the public
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more enhanced U-Matic which was introduced in 1972. The AVCO Cartri Vision System was the first to use prerecorded tapes of the famous movie used for sales and rental purposes.an year later the company went bankrupt this was precipitated by the invention of Sony’s Beta max the first’s Home Video Recorder which was very cheap and was retailing at a price of two thousand dollars compared to Ampex one. They recorded a high sales returns that year which brought major developments in the film industry
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Eastman, who founded Kodak in 1885, had two prerogatives. The first one was to create a common product: something as a user friendly product “as convenient as a pencil”, and second was to develop a revolutionary invention, anticipating customers’ needs. This long run approach allowed Kodak to blow away all its competitors consequently leading the firm to dominate the film and camera markets by 1976. At that time Kodak represented 90% of the film market and 85% of the camera market. Since the beginning
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roles that technology in electronic and digital media has played in the evolvement of time. I will cover the historical and contemporary roles of the mass media in society and also describe how the chemical and electronic technology of photography, recording, and transmission has changed from the original discovery to present day. I will also cover hoe the media uses these technological innovations, analyze how the development of digital technology has affected the way the content
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that occurred in the Industrial Revolution were the invention of the machines to do the work of hand tools, the use of steam, and the start of factories. Before, the Industrial Revolution, the products that were produced were all handmade and took a very long time to create. This is because each product was made individually, the person who created the product had to teach themselves how to make it and had to be a skilled worker. With the invention of machines, people no longer
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in the world today but its affect goes deeper and we look at it deeper with its electronic and digital media. Pretty much since the invention of the printing press we have seen technologies role in mass media. Since its inception we have been able to produce news at a large number with the purpose of providing to all of society. It wasn’t really until the invention of radio and television though that technology really put its foot print on mass media. A whole new way of getting information without
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and organizational structure that contributed to this failure. History of Kodak and timeline George Eastman started Kodak in 1878. In 1888 Eastman presented a first simple camera to the world. He made the complex and complicated process of photography easy and simple enough to use by everyone. "you press the button, we do the rest," Eastman demonstrated his marketing ingenuity (History of Kodak, n.d.) . The success of Kodak continued and in 1895 Kodak introduced the first pocket camera. Later
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The Eight Types of Art Carita Dauer Art Appreciation HUMA 205-1202B Unit 1 IP Abstract In this paper I will explain the difference between eight types of art. These forms of art include: painting, sculpture, architecture, photography, printmaking, conceptual art, installation art, and performance art. I will then give a specific example of each form of art type to better explain each of them. The Eight Types of Art When a person tries to look up the word “Art” in the dictionary, it
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different people see all works of art differently, so is the definition. That said, finding two definitions of art that makes sense to the writer would then allow further exploration of the eight types of art: painting, sculpture, architecture, photography, printmaking, conceptual art, installation art, and performance art. Appling the definitions to these eight types of art will allow for an evaluation of art in its many forms. Art Defined According to Adajian, Plato defined art as “representational
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new ideas and products a single brillant idea blossomed; pictures. George Eastman, an American inventor and philanthropist in the 1880‘s with a passion for photography had a dream.1 At the time photography was a very rare past time that only professionals had the knowledge and equipment to partake in. Eastman’s vision was to provide photography for the everyday consumer at low cost. Eastman accomplished this by starting the Eastman Dry Plate Company, which was a global leader in mass producing dry
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