Gutenberg Printing Press vs Internet

I would say the printing press (not the Gutenburg one, that is merely the more famous one, far earlier models existed as far as "moorish" Spain if you will). Without that the flow of information would not have exploded literary overnight. For one, the Protestant Reformation owes a lot to the printing presses. The flow of information was by no means astounding when compared to today, and especially not the internet in sheer volume, but relatively speaking it was amazing and something that progressed writing and re-copying of older books much faster. With a bigger volume  comes a bigger dispersion rate as well. 

Originally posted by pinguin Well, I believe the wheel.   With respect to the printing press, I could bet that paper had a bigger impact. And for Internet, I believe it is just the beginning of it.

The wheel and paper are not within the parameters of the question.

What effects did the printing press and internet have on religion, technology, science, and art?

I'd say both equally but I'd have to give a slight edge to the internet

Internet hasn't had the time to have much of an effect yet, while the printing press has been around for half a millennium. In the long run however the internet may prove more influential.

The internet will emerge in the years to come as one of, if not the greatest invention of mankind. The fact that I can instanteously respond to a question 'what is the greatest invention of mankind' is remarkable in itself, the fact that billions of others around the world can do the same is nothing short of magnificent.

The next big thing to impact our human civilization is when they finally design computer chips that allows you to change the channel in ur TV by just "thinking" it