Merek’s Reviews > Masters of the Word: How Media Shaped History > Status Update

Wow what an ending to the radio chapter and how it brought down the Soviet Empire not through just political thought but through making people not believe their government.

Finished newspapers and onto radio. I am interested in seeing how Germany works into chapter 7.

Learning about the power of amplification with the power of the press

Getting through the Protestants and the reformation

Getting through the first version of the Bible

Reading about the results of the Gutenberg press. I hadn’t considered how in transcribed books they didn’t leave spaces for words due to the price of paper.

Getting into the medieval age after reading about a literate Roman Empire

Learning about how the Roman soldiers were forced to read, it made for the expansion of their army possible.