Question

“The ‘Print Revolution’ had transformed the lives of people changing their relationship to information and knowledge.” Analyse the statement.

Answer 1

Transformation due to Print Revolution –

(i) It influenced people’* perception and opened up new ways of looking at things.

(ii) A new reading public emerged

(iii) Increase in the reading public

(iv) Intermingling of hearing and reading public

(v) Created the possibility of wide circulation of ideas.

(vi) Introduced a new world of debate and discussion.

(vii) Stimulated many distinctive individual interpretation of *****.

(viii) Any other relevant point. Any three points to be analysed.