Item Detail
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26737
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0
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English
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Mormon Media History Timeline, 1827-2007
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BYU Studies
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2008
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47
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4
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Provo, UT
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Brigham Young University
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117-123
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The timeline presented here covers 180 years (1872-2007) of keys events relating to the development and use of media by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (hereinafter "the church," "the Mormon church", "the LDS church").
The timeline falls within the category of institutional media history in that its focus is on the official, church-sponsored development and use of media by the LDS church. This includes church-owned print and electronic media, and other media products (magazines, for example) that were privately owned but the church-sanctioned as organs for the auxiliary organizations (especially in the 19th and early 20th centuries).
The emphasis of the timeline is on the adoption of new communications technologies by the church (such as the telegraph, film, radio, television, and the Internet), the introduction of church-produced media (such as scriptures, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir broadcasts and the genealogy website), and the beginnings and endings of various church media properties (such as newspapers and church auxiliary magazines). The timeline focuses primarily on technological or organizational developments rather than content (what was written or broadcast in the media). As in most timelines and chronologies, the emphasis here is on firsts, lasts, major events, and developments, and major historical figures.