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what happened after the populations of cities greatly increased in the late 1800s but before the newspaper industry experienced a boom in cities? people had more time for face to face contact with neighbors to exchange news, the number of educational insti
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It was mostly the opposite of the first statement and true for the second.
- People did NOT have more time for face‑to‑face contact with neighbors — rapid urbanization produced anonymity, longer work hours, crowded tenements, and weaker neighborhood ties, so informal local news networks declined.
- The number of educational institutions (and literacy rates) did increase — expanding public schools and adult literacy created a larger reading public, which helped make the later city newspaper boom possible.
If you want, I can expand on other factors that bridged the gap (telegraph, cheap printing, rising advertising, the penny press).
- People did NOT have more time for face‑to‑face contact with neighbors — rapid urbanization produced anonymity, longer work hours, crowded tenements, and weaker neighborhood ties, so informal local news networks declined.
- The number of educational institutions (and literacy rates) did increase — expanding public schools and adult literacy created a larger reading public, which helped make the later city newspaper boom possible.
If you want, I can expand on other factors that bridged the gap (telegraph, cheap printing, rising advertising, the penny press).
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