Social implications Written language A technology that directly Hearing vs reading affected the world of (audio vS visual) ideas by making Literacy vS illiteracy knowledge widel ly available and creating a Power: the control of space in which new knowledge(education) forms of expression could flourish Printing m"printing is second only to the clock Telegraph in its critical effect upon civilization On business A technology that influenced other Economical technologies Political A prototype of mass productionSocial implications Written language • Hearing vs. reading (audio vs. visual) • Literacy vs. illiteracy • Power: the control of knowledge (education) Printing ---printing is second only to the clock in its critical effect upon civilization • A technology that influenced other technologies • A prototype of mass production • A technology that directly affected the world of ideas by making knowledge widely available and creating a space in which new forms of expression could flourish Telegraph • On business • Economical • Political