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Starr Chapter 3 Summary

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Q For full credit on the reading response, submit a 300-400 word response to the assigned reading, which should be approached from a critical perspective. You can pose a question about the reading and attempt an answer, you can analyze the author’s interpretation, use of evidence, or approach to the subject matter, or you can use information from the class to examine an idea expressed in the reading in more detail. The important thing is to approach the readings from a critical perspective and ask questions about how the historian has structured the reading and approached the subject matter. These will be submitted on blackboard via SafeAssign, which is the plagiarism tool.

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The chapter 3 of the book discusses the first information revolution in the United States and the author also discussed how the United States formed the network of News. It was a revolutionary step in that time because the News media has indeed become one of the most popular sources of information for the common public. Starr (p. 84) noted how during the early 19th century, there was a revolution in the area of information as technological advances such as fast transmission of data allowed the media to become stronger. According to Starr (p. 85), the American Press was known as the “Penny Press back in that time” which started to develop during the period of the 1830s. This was one of the first steps taken towards the information revolution in the American history