Information once available to a small percentage of people could now spread to vast numbers. Today, thanks to new communications revolution, information can be spread around the world instantaneously. Faxes, instant messaging, and email all speed up our communication process. We can now share knowledge, experiences and emotions with people around the world. Consequently, the world today may seem no larger than a small village of Renaissance times. The printing revolution brought immense changes. Printed books were cheaper and easier to produce than hand-copied works. With books more readily available, more people learned to read. Readers gained access to a broad range of knowledge, from medicine and law to astrology and mining. Printed books exposed educated Europeans to new ideas, greatly expanding their
Information once available to a small percentage of people could now spread to vast numbers. Today, thanks to new communications revolution, information can be spread around the world instantaneously. Faxes, instant messaging, and email all speed up our communication process. We can now share knowledge, experiences and emotions with people around the world. Consequently, the world today may seem no larger than a small village of Renaissance times. The printing revolution brought immense changes. Printed books were cheaper and easier to produce than hand-copied works. With books more readily available, more people learned to read. Readers gained access to a broad range of knowledge, from medicine and law to astrology and mining. Printed books exposed educated Europeans to new ideas, greatly expanding their