Question

What was the effect of printing on the working class

Answer 1

The printing press had dramatic effects on European civilization.  Its immediate effect was that it spread information quickly and accurately.  This helped create a wider literate reading public.  However, its importance lay not just in how it spread information and opinions, but also in what sorts of information and opinions it was spreading.  There were two main directions printing took, both of which were probably totally unforeseen by its creators.