The act of printing is using a plate or stamp with ink to to produce an image or text. Print refers to both artist/design and also books/typography. The lecture covered a wide chronology of printing methods but the lecture was more about the impact of print on society than the specifics on the techniques invented throughout history. Print at its start especially when linotype was invented allowed information to be easily put down on paper, before print information was either hand written or passed via word of mouth. Information traveling like this was often incorrect or virtually non existent and only available to scholars. The rise of print gave rise to the education of the general public all over the world. Societies greatly improved with a wider spread information. Print then started becoming one of the first means of mass media which was used to greatly shape the world. Print could be used to promote the ideals of different political views and causes. the reasons behind print used as propaganda were for both positive and negative reasons but print was always intended to manipulate the general public. Print today is still used for that reason. I thought this lecture was interesting however I did not see how I could make the topic particularly relevant to animation other than the themes of mass media running throughout.
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