Why, the radio of course! The printing press was influential in a time of great change, The Protestant Reformation. It helped spread new ideas and controversial thoughts. The radio did the same in World War II and in the years after(I believe Radio Free Europe still broadcasts today). Western radio signals could be picked up in communist countries to help spread outside information in a place where the news was controlled by the government, free speech was nonexistent, and propaganda was everywhere. People anywhere could gather around their radios at night to hear the news and get informed, much like people could read a press printed pamphlet written by Martin Luther back during The Reformation.
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Good comparisons and argument. Whereas a lot of people chose the Internet or computers as the invention that helped spread knowledge the most, the radio is far more accessible to people of most economic backgrounds which isn't true for computers/Internet. Good pictures too.
20/20 points.
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