Print culture
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| - | '''Print culture''' embodies all forms of printed [[text]] and other printed forms of [[visual communication]]. | + | '''Print culture''' embodies all forms of [[print]]ed [[text]] and other printed forms of [[visual communication]]. |
| The printing press brought a vast rise in [[literacy]], its effects was the great expansion of [[written culture]] at the expense of [[oral culture]]. The development of [[printing]], and especially the invention of [[movable type]] by [[Gutenberg]], like the development of [[writing]] itself, had profound effects on human societies and knowledge. "Print culture" refers to the cultural products of the printing transformation. | The printing press brought a vast rise in [[literacy]], its effects was the great expansion of [[written culture]] at the expense of [[oral culture]]. The development of [[printing]], and especially the invention of [[movable type]] by [[Gutenberg]], like the development of [[writing]] itself, had profound effects on human societies and knowledge. "Print culture" refers to the cultural products of the printing transformation. | ||
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Print culture embodies all forms of printed text and other printed forms of visual communication.
The printing press brought a vast rise in literacy, its effects was the great expansion of written culture at the expense of oral culture. The development of printing, and especially the invention of movable type by Gutenberg, like the development of writing itself, had profound effects on human societies and knowledge. "Print culture" refers to the cultural products of the printing transformation.
In terms of visual culture, a similar transformation came in Europe from the fifteenth century on with the introduction of the old master print and, slightly later, popular prints, both of which were actually much quicker in reaching the mass of the population than printed text.
Print culture is the conglomeration of effects on human society that is created by making printed forms of communication. Print culture encompasses many stages as it has evolved in response to technological advances. Print culture can first be studied from the period of time involving the gradual movement from oration to script as it is the basis for print culture. As the printing became commonplace, script became insufficient and printed documents were mass produced. The era of physical print has had a lasting effect on human culture, but with the advent of digital text, some scholars believe the printed word is becoming obsolete.
The electronic media, including the World Wide Web, can be seen as an outgrowth of print culture.
Ong and Eistenstein
Print culture's key expositor is Elizabeth Eisenstein, who contrasted print culture, which appeared in Europe in the centuries after the advent of the Western printing-press (and much earlier in China where woodblock printing was used from at least 800AD), to scribal culture. Walter Ong, by contrast, has contrasted written culture, including scribal, to oral culture.
