| The names Gutenberg and Morse are associated | | | | eventually led to his invention of the telegraph. |
| with the invention and development of printing | | | | Morse made it his life's work to invent an efficient |
| technology. Their hard work and sacrifice has | | | | and fast messaging system. |
| enabled them to revolutionize how we read and | | | | Because of the inventions of these two masters, |
| communicate through the printed medium. | | | | we are now experiencing a quicker form of mass |
| Johann Gutenberg was born in the German city of | | | | communication. Mass communication refers to the |
| Mainz in the year 1400. Gutenberg worked as a | | | | distribution of entertainment, art, information, and |
| goldsmith and gem cutter as a young man and | | | | messages by television, radio, newspapers, |
| had learned about metallurgy. He is considered the | | | | magazines, movies, recorded music, associated |
| inventor of the movable type printing in Europe. | | | | media, and now --- the Internet. |
| The first type was cast our of metals that | | | | Furthermore, communication is a process which |
| included lead, antimony, and tin, and consisted of | | | | has evolved over time from the traditional |
| two-hundred and ninety separate symbols. | | | | medium. It is evident today that communication |
| Gutenberg also had to find an ink that would not | | | | and the way we communicate has changed |
| fade. He later produced ink out of boiled linseed oil | | | | drastically with the advent of the Internet |
| and soot. Gutenberg adapted a wine press for | | | | especially in the corporate setting. The pace of |
| printing that was waist-high and had a rolling tray | | | | business has increased drastically in the past |
| so that he could slide the paper in and out. The | | | | couple of decades. What used to take weeks to |
| press would also enable him to squeeze water out | | | | finish can now be completed in days or even |
| of the damp paper while printing at the same | | | | hours. One such example of a the latest |
| time. Gutenberg's invention sparked many religious | | | | technology in communication that can enable a |
| revolutions that allowed the common man to | | | | faster turnaround is Internet faxing. Internet |
| posses a Bible for his own interpretation. | | | | faxing is a simple solution that does not need |
| Gutenberg's invention of the printing press allowed | | | | much of a great knowledge or change in habits. |
| knowledge and ideas to be passed from one man | | | | Internet faxing functions where documents are |
| to the other and paved the way for schools and | | | | sent and received via e-mail or a secure server |
| media. | | | | over a standard Internet connection rather than |
| Samuel Finley Breeze Morse was born in | | | | through conventional phone lines. Probably the |
| Charlestown, Massachusetts on the 27th of April | | | | most significant impact of Internet faxing has |
| in 1791. Morse was a professional artist. He was | | | | been on the ability of busy employees to save |
| educated at Phillips's Academy at Andover. He | | | | time and manage important documents better. |
| graduated from Yale University in 1810 and lived in | | | | Gutenberg and Morse inventions proved to us |
| England. His artworks were exhibited at the Royal | | | | that there are possible and easy ways to transfer |
| Academy in 1813. He has a particular interest in | | | | information. With their inventions, it paved the |
| portraiture. He returned to America in 1832 after | | | | way to even greater and creative tools for easy |
| being appointed as Professor of Painting and | | | | communication. |
| Sculpture at the University of the City of New | | | | Free iFaxThe fastest growing provider of internet |
| York. On his way to his motherland, he overheard | | | | messaging services guarantees fast and efficient |
| a shipboard discussion on electromagnets, which | | | | delivery of messages around the globe. |