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Why is media history important?
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Why is media history important? The study of media history is vital in the understanding of, people and there societies. Through the study of the past we gain an understanding of what and why things happened. History gives you back your past. In the same way as individual people need memory to shape identity and plan for the future, communities need history to give dimension and meaning to the present. Without an understanding of the past, the present doesn't make much sense. As Shannon Bohan writes "History can broaden one's horizons and open the doors to endless possibilities. The study of history can not only enlighten the mind, but it can prove instrumental in preventing the repeat of past mistakes. Without history, there can be no future."(Shannon Bohan '04). The media plays an integral part to people's lives. From the moment we wake up we are engulfed in a media-centric world. The...
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