Magazines

In class (9/7) we discussed the history of magazines. During the discussion I was really surprised at how much magazines effected and helped to shape american culture.

The first weekly newspaper started going out in 1821 it was called "The Saturday Evening Post". This magazine had a little bit for everyone in it. Overtime it lead to what people called a "shared american culture" Because magazines became such an important part of american culture congress created the Postal Act of 1879, which made a pound of magazines only 1 cent to ship.

The fact that the goverment subsidized magazines shows how important magazines were to us at the time. They created a national culture and a national identity. They were able to do this because they were the first medium to reach a national audience. This shows that magazines really helped shape our country's culture into what it is today.