10 Key Dates or Notes in Mass Media History

  • Commercial printing at London’s Grub Street

  • Emergence of Photography in 1820s

  • Telegraph invented 1830s

  • Telegraph use got popular 1840s

  • Completion of Atlantic Cable in 1863

  • Use of photographs become popular 1877

  • Radio was invented in 1920

  • Television was invented in 1927

  • Motion Pictures gained popularity 1930

  • Successful launching of communications satellites into low earth orbit

  • Explosive growth in online services 1990s