单选题：根据下列题干，回答题：Comparisons were drawn between the development of

根据下列题干，回答题：
Comparisons were drawn between the development of television in the 20th century and the diffusion of printing in the 15th and 16th centuries.Yet much had happened between.As was discussed before，it was not until the 19th century that the newspaper became the dominant preelectronic mediam，following in the wake of the pamphlet and the book and in the company of the periodical.It Was during the same time that the communications revolution speeded up，beginning with transport，the railway，and leading on through the telegraph，the telephone，radio，and motion pictures into the 20th-century world of the motor car and the air plane.Not everyone sees that processin perspective.It is important to do so.
It is generally recognized，however，that the introduction of the computer in the early 20th century，followed by the invention of the integrated circuit during the 1960s，radically changed the process，although its impact on the media was not immediately apparent.As time went by，computers became smaller and more powerful，and they became "personal"too，as well as institutional，with display becoming sharper and storage capacity incteasing.They were thought of，like people，in terms of generations，with the distance between generations much （　71　）.
It was within the computer age that the term "information society" began to be widely used to describe the （　72　）within which we now live.The communications revolution has （　73　）both work and leisure and how we think and feel both about place and time，but there have been （　74　） view about its economic，political，social and cultural implications."Benefits" have been weighed （　75　）"harmful"outcomes.And generalizations have proved difficult.
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