Top 10 Media Innovations

By medrox
  • Sep 15, 1000

    Writing

    Writing
    2800 BC
    Writing is finally a means to bring media to people in a way they can understand easily... and a way that they can mass produce and preserve it.
  • Sep 15, 1000

    The Bible

    The Bible
    1500-400BC
    The Bible, created by over 40 distinct authors over a large amount of time, was meant was a way to bring the current form of media- religion. It is still used today for guidance, religions, and studies in history.
  • Sep 15, 1000

    Language Group Pioneered

    Language Group Pioneered
    3000BC
    The first language group, the Indo-Europeans, became prominent. This is an important event because media is nothing without a language.
  • Sep 15, 1500

    The Pamphlet

    The Pamphlet
    The printing press, already used for books, was discovered to be able to mass produce small, cheap pamphlets- a new way to spread media. Martin Luther is responsible for this great invention.
  • Sep 15, 1564

    The works of Shakespeare

    The works of Shakespeare
    Shakespeare's works provided the base of media we know today. Everyone knows and says words invented by Shakespeare, and his plays are highly regarded as some of the best ever created. In media, he made the best, most entertaining plays available at the time.

  • The Newspaper

    The Newspaper
    The germans, looking for an even more effective way to spread information, created the Newspaper printing press. The newspaper is now known as the most effective way to spread information to a massive, targeted audience- excluding the Internet, of course.

  • Morse Code

    Morse Code
    Morse code created the basic idea that enabled overseas communication. It pioneered using electromagnetic pulses to create sound and a new form of communication used for years afterwards.

  • Radio

    Radio
    Radio finally created the easiest way to spread media: audible music and news through an easy to understand and tap into system. Although the radio was not invented in 1920, the public's first use of it was in the 1920's- the first public broadcast being in Union College in Schenectady, New York.

  • Television

  • The World Wide Web

    The World Wide Web
    The World Wide Web, more commonly known as the Internet, carries all kinds of information in any form availible with a screen and a computer. Interactive, massive, and always changing, the internet defines our society today. If the internet were to crash tomorrow, we would be in chaos- everything is on there. Banking, personal information, pictures, and even schooling- all are possible with the greatest form of media ever made.