Print Culture and Its Impact

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Who contrasted the print culture of Europe with European scribal culture?

  • Elizabeth Eisenstein (correct)
  • William Caxton
  • Aldus Manutius
  • Johannes Gutenberg

Which country invented moveable type in 1040?

  • Korea
  • India
  • Japan
  • China (correct)

What is the main focus of print culture?

  • Printed text and visual communication (correct)
  • Non-verbal forms of communication
  • Oral storytelling traditions
  • Digital media and communication

What was introduced in Europe in the fifteenth century for image-based communication?

<p>Old master print (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What happened as printing became commonplace?

<p>Script became insufficient and printed documents were mass-produced (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does print culture encompass?

<p>Cultural products of the printing transformation (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did Elizabeth Eisenstein contrast print culture with?

<p>European scribal culture (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the consequence of the Chinese invention of moveable type in 1040?

<p>Different consequences for the formation of print culture in Asia (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What introduced a similar transformation for image-based communication in Europe from the fifteenth century?

<p>Old master print (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the basis for studying print culture from the period involving the gradual movement from oration to script?

<p>&quot;Oration to script&quot; (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

When do some commentators consider the era of modernity to have ended?

<p>By 1945 (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term used to refer to the post-1945 timeframe without assigning it to either the modern or postmodern era?

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In historiography, which time period is usually described as early modern?

<p>16th to 18th centuries (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What may modernity refer to depending on the field?

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'Modern' may be used as a name of a particular era in the past, as opposed to meaning what?

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