Magazines, In Class Discussion

     Magazines became the first national medium because they were cheap and didn't have to be received immediately. They were so cheap because the Postal Act of 1879 made it only one cent per pound to ship magazines. I think this was both a good idea and a bad one because it helped people to get their news. However it is bad because newspapers lost even more viewers when magazines became popular. Magazines were shipped to more places because of the Postal Act of 1879. Since the news found in magazines would affect many people for a long time, people could receive it weeks after it was published and it would still be important news. This wasn't true about newspapers. Magazines cost very little adn reached a large audience.