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CI.19 Analyze the changing role of media and technology on the spread of information and the
effects on global culture. C

What am I learning today?

How media and technology influences the culture around the world and in your hometown.

Why am I learning this?

The media has a big impact on your daily life and the lives of others.

How will I know I learned this?

When you recognize the role media plays in the daily life of people around the world.

REAL News – May 6, 1937

Radio announcer Herb Morrison, who came to Lakehurst to record a routine voice-over for an NBC newsreel, immortalized the Hindenberg disaster in a famous on-the-scene description in which he emotionally declared, “Oh, the humanity!” The recording of Morrison’s commentary was immediately flown to New York, where it was aired as part of America’s first coast-to-coast radio news broadcast. 

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-hindenburg-disaster

The Hindenburg disaster

October 30, 1938