Article on Colonial Era communication- https://pantherfile.uwm.edu/baugrud/www/helpfiles/colonial.html

This article talks about how American colonists communicated with each other. The article talks about how the colonsists used the press to keep in sync with the outside world, since they couldn't just hop onto face-book or hear it on the radio, and information had to travel on foot. (Literally!) The writer also talks about how the British saw the press as a threat and frequently tried to restrain it  by passing laws known as 'Acts.' However, American colonists were not very dependent on the press because communication was much more social and physical. For example, if Jake wants to send a letter to his Aunt in Brookesville, and Anthony is passing through Brookesville, Anthony would take Jake's letters and give them to Jake's Aunt in Brookesville. There was no mailman. Everything was very local. Also, the press did not physically help the colonists survive in the New World either, so they did not feel a serious need for it.