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the national language. “Through control of media outlets, the Nationalists sought to mobilize the population behind their vision of China's future. ..The Nationalists also understood the importance of popular music, widespread through movies and phonographs: they used patriotic songs to mobilize support behind the new state, while at the same time banning the performance or distribution of "[m]usic which is believed to be damaging to public morals or

3500 BC The Phoenicians develop an alphabet. to 2900 BC The Sumerians develop cuneiform writing - pictographs of accounts written on clay tablets. The Egyptians develop hieroglyphic writing. 1775 BC Greeks use a phonetic alphabet written from left to right. 1400 BC Oldest record of writing in China on bones. 1270 BC The first encyclopedia is written in Syria. 900 BC The very first postal service - for government use in China. 776 BC First recorded use of homing pigeons used to send message

The Impacts of Technology on Music Recording Industry and Society "TV has restored the daily life of family, Photography has altered the way we look at the world, the computer has changed everything.” (Mark Katz, 2010) It is true the computer has converted everything into digital. Digital technology has also changed the ways of sound and voice recording. It has gradually led to the changes not only in the production of sound but also in the views of society

“Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason why so few engage in it (henry ford quotes).” Henry Ford himself was one of those few. He did not invent the automobile yet he is far better known than Karl Benz, the man who did invent the automobile (Joseph 4). Likewise, Henry Ford is credited with the creation of the assembly line even though the assembly line has been used in china since 221 B.C (Lubow Terra Cota Soldiers). Rather Henry Ford is known for his ability to perfect

Recording in Canada, not regulated by the Government Introduction Sound recording was initially invented in 1857 by Edouard-Leon Scott de Martinville. The development of sound recording has gone through multiple stages to become what it is today. From phonographs to magnetic tapes and further developments, sound recording has been used within the music industry for ages. The government does not regulate the process of sound recording, however conflicts regarding copyright infringements are present. Brief

Thomas Alva Edison was born on February 11, 1847 in Milan, Ohio. He was named Thomas after his father’s brother and Alva after his father’s friend Captain Alva Bradley. His family called him Al. Al was a handful. He was very curious about a group of large grain elevators; he once fell in and disappeared under the grain. He was pulled out before he suffocated. Al also fell in the Milan creek many times. One time Al was found trying to hatch a handful of chicken and goose eggs on a nest of his own

Intellectual Property 12/05/12 Music Piracy in the US Counterfeit, piracy, bootleg, or stealing, these are some of the many terms associated with the unauthorized dissemination and distribution of copyrighted music. For over five decades, the music industry in the United States has had to grapple with the effects of such activity. The Copyright Act of 1909 was the first granting exclusive rights to copyrighted music. The Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic

ELECTRONIC MASS MEDIA IN TODAY’S SOCIETY MASS MEDIA Mass media refers collectively to all media technologies, including the Internet, television, newspapers, and radio, which are used for mass communications, and to the organizations which control these technologies. Mass media play a significant role in shaping public perceptions on a variety of important issues, both through the information that is dispensed through them, and through the interpretations they place upon this information. The

The job that I selected after doing my career choice paper is Craft and Fine Artists. I choose this profession because I love everything that has to do with art and it would be the best career to make me happy at what I do for a living. There are really good benefits to the job that really made me want to have this as a career. To better like the job you have to have a better understanding of it. You have to know what a Craft and Fine Artists does and the benefits of the jobs. Craft and amercement

iPods, and other portable MP3 players, the desire for access to music has increased tremendously. Before the digital era, the various forms of music distribution outlets followed the constantly changing path of production technology. When phonograph cylinders and gramophone discs were invented, they did not sell as well as record companies thought they would. This was partly due to the fact that they were extremely easy to make, and many different companies competed against each other, constantly