When did the News Start?

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We all have news cycle fatigue. If it’s not struggling to find reliable sources online, then it’s figuring out how to sift through the myriad of competing (and sometimes conflicting) headlines that roll across our TV screens, cell phones and social media accounts. But when did the news become integral to our lives? Today Danielle explores the history of news and how we ended up in today's never ending news cycle.

Created and Hosted by Danielle Bainbridge
Produced by Complexly for PBS Digital Studios
#News #Journalism #OriginofEverything

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Origin of Everything is a show about the undertold histories and cultural dialogues that make up our collective story. From the food we eat, to the trivia and fun facts we can’t seem to get out of our heads, to the social issues we can’t stop debating, everything around us has a history. Origin of Everything is here to explore it all. We like to think that no topic is too small or too challenging to get started.

Works Cited:


Pettegree, Andrews. The Invention of News: How the World Came to Know About Itself. New Haven: Yale UP, 2014.

Starr, Paul. The Creation of the Media: Political Origins of Modern Communications. New York: Basic Books, 2004.

Stephens, Mitchell. A History of the News: Third Edition. London: Oxford UP, 2006.

[EASJR]

Could you consider doing a video on why lots of colleges and universities have their own hospitals that are open to the public.

[joemckernan]

The stock photo of that newsboy is my cousin! The things you stumble upon...

[GailGurman]

Great video! The only thing I expected to see that wasn't shown was something about medieval minstrels who spread news through story and song.

[GaysianAmerican]

Finally some who recognizes Korea for creating metal pieces for printing.

[yarnaholic]

I loved the subtle Good Omens reference.

[wesleyrm]

"It was the Chinese and not the Romans" is the answer to a lot of historical questions.

[brachiator]

Great video, which I had not seen before. A few points: many of the first newspapers were subscriptions by small groups of merchants who wanted information related to trade in other cities and nations.

A virtuous circle regarding information had to develop. The printing press led to the formal documentation of vernacular languages in the West, breaking up the former association of literacy with knowing Latin and Greek. Schools then had to be created in order to teach the reading and writing of the new national languages. And finally books and newspapers gave people with new literacy skills something to read.

[geeksdotbetter]

2:37 Agnus Nutter is very neat and precise!

[Saitaina]

Is it a bad thing to be reminded on occasion our suffering isn't as great as another's? My rent goes up br $200 in October at a time I can't afford it until January...but when I read stories about famines in Uganda and people walking thousands of miles to escape Honduras...it puts my freak out of how I'm going to afford toilet paper and milk into perspective.

No, it doesn't fix my problems (or theirs), but I have a roof over my head, clean water and food. I can get through it. And I can hope they get through it as well...and maybe I'll whine a bit less on Facebook when I think of them.

[cjthibeau]

Great video as always! Def something I'd love to show to my students!

[vmudxwn]

Glad I discovered this channel. Really enjoy your very informative, very interesting videos. You have a great voice for broadcasting! Thanks for another cool video.

[heyheyhey]

On point! Beyond excellent info and presentation.

[limalicious]

I prefer to stick to watching reputable news stations for my news because I feel they're a bit more reliable and are more likely to have done their research rather than simply presenting opinion or whatever inflammatory story is popular but not necessarily true at a given time.

[SDNickyRocks]

Great job on history. Well organized. Thanks.

[joestevens]

Thank you so much. Something for my students to appreciate!

[videoandgaming]

Could you do where the sigma of animation that it was childish and for children

[flymypg]

When did we get addicted to the novelty of "new news"? And when did our attentions spans become so short that even tragedies quickly fade from our daily awareness?

[knockshinnoch]

Interesting and informative video but you missed one very important factor- LITERACY! The expansion of public education, initially across Europe, in the later decades of the 19th and the early 20th century. A better educated literate populace had a sharp appetite for newspapers, magazines and novels. This ever expanding audience resulted in an explosion of printed materials to feed their needs.

[thomass]

Miss B. YOU...ARE...EPIC. PLEASE ALWAYS EXIST.

[vnceigz]

0:30 - "The news is almost impossible to ignore". - Hold my beer. ¬_¬ - I stopped my TV service a couple of years ago and have not seen the news since then. The only way I know what's going on anymore is when YouTubers mention stuff. It's a blessing and a curse. 🤷