With the Industrial Revolution, the print industry also grew. The first products of the press were restricted to an audience of literate elites. It was only in the mid 19th century, with further development in technologies, transportation and literacy newspapers began to reach out to a mass audience. People living in different corners of the country found themselves reading or hearing the same news.

For which of the following reasons, were the first products of the printing press only available for a minority of the population?

Illiteracy high prices Lack of paper Lack of presses

Illiteracy

The majority of the nineteenth century Europeans were illiterate, mass literacy is something which emerged along with the popularization printing press.