Synopsis History of Media and Mass Communication is a huge topic which is impossible to compile in just two or three hundred pages. The authors have tried to give a brief and concise introduction to history of journalism through this book. There are a number of books on Media and Mass communication available in the market for use of the students. It is the experience of the author that still there is some gap in connecting the chain of history of Media and Mass communication to the present day journalism. Mass communication is a deep rooted industry and inseparable part of the mass media and mass communication.

This book has been written to cater to the needs of all those who are in the field of mass communication and Media, and who may feel interested in knowing more about the evolution of technology in the media field. It is sincerely hoped that this book will satisfy the needs of the students and general readers and gives them even part of pleasure that the author has put in its preparations he will consider his labour amply rewarded.