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The 15th century was a time of profound changes - it witnessed
the advent of the Renaissance era.
The face of the world was changed dramatically by the discoveries
of Spanish and Portuguese sailors, literacy was starting to
become more widespread, power relationships were redefined.
Gutenberg's invention of a printing press with movable
types was cause and result at the same time: Increase
of literacy heightened the demand for affordable books, while
the process of printing facilitated access to knowledge and
answered the growing demand for cheap and rapid book production.
Gutenberg's printing press can be considered to be the origin
of mass communication.
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