News Media
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Information Dissemination Technology
The means of disseminating information vary widely by tech level.
| Tech Level | Written Word | Audio/Visual | Distribution/Storage | Consumption | |
| 0 | - | Spoken Word | Town Crier / Oral Tradition/Storytelling | - | |
| 1 | Handwriting/Calligraphy | Music | Paper/handwritten media | - | |
| 2 | Printing Press/Typesetting | - | - | - | |
| 3 | - | Etch Printing, Photography | Telegraphy | - | |
| 4 | Linotype Printing (mass printing, illustrated printing | Motion Pictures, Telephony | Motion Picture film | - | |
| 5 | - | Radio Broadcasting | Teletype | Home Radio Receivers | |
| 6 | - | Advanced Audio Recording, Television | - | Home Television Receivers | |
| 7 | - | Videotape Recording | Institutional Computer Networks, Satellite Distrbution, Personal Computing | Personal Computers | |
| 8 | "Electronic Paper", rudimentary text translation | - | Ubiquitous Electronic networking | Hand-held devices | |
| 9 | On-Demand Text Translation | Universal personal video | - | Ubiquitous embedded devices | |
| 10 | Real-time Transcription | Holovision | - | Holoviewers | |
| 11 | - | Integrated infostreaming | - | Personal Global Communications | |
| 12 | - | Real-time audio language translation | - | - | |
| 13 | - | Ubiquitous holovideo recording | - | - | |
| 14 | - | - | - | - | |
| 15 | - | Meson Communication | - | - |
Media and Law Level
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