Question

what is print revolution and what are its impacts

Answer 1

The shift from hand printing to mechanical printing led to the print revolution . This revolution transformed the lives of people , changing their relationship to information and knowledge , and with institutions and authorities . It created awareness among people and opened up new ways of looking at things .

impacts of print revolution are: -

- The reading habit of the public increased , as books were now less costly . This was because the time and labour required to produce a book came down , and multiple copies could be produced with greater ease.

- Books flooded the market , and were easily available for the public .

- Before printed books flooded the markets the common people used to gather in Public places and books were read out to them. They heard sacred texts read out, ballads recited , and folk tales narrated .

- This listening culture turned to reading culture when books became cheaper .