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http://deadmedia.ctsdh.org/ Dead Media explores long-departed media, revealing the secrets behind historical new media forms and/or technology that have flourished and then faded from popular view Podcast Generator 2.7 - http://www.podcastgenerator.net Sat, 05 Sep 2026 00:25:44 -0500 en Your copyright notice http://deadmedia.ctsdh.org/images/itunes_image.jpg http://deadmedia.ctsdh.org/ Dead Media explores long-departed media, revealing the secrets behind historical new media forms and/or technology that have flourished and then faded from popular view RIP technology Elizabeth Hopwood Elizabeth Hopwood ehopwood@luc.edu no RIP Town Crier! You may have some knowledge on what town criers are through some pop culture references, such as the character Samuel Seabury in the popular (and expensive) musical ‘Hamilton’ or even snuck into movies like Shrek 2. Examples like these suggest that we know the gist of what a town crier is, but let’s dive into a little bit of the background of this once widely relied upon method of communication.

]]> RIP Town Crier! http://deadmedia.ctsdh.org/?name=2018-10-19_shaffer_podcast_final_-_10_16_18__4_44_pm.m4a http://deadmedia.ctsdh.org/?name=2018-10-19_shaffer_podcast_final_-_10_16_18__4_44_pm.m4a 10:49 ehopwood@luc.edu (Elizabeth Hopwood) Elizabeth Hopwood media, history, technology, communications, culture, dead media no Fri, 19 Oct 2018 17:31:00 -0500