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Period: Feb 4, 1400 to
Communications Through the Years
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Feb 4, 1446
Johannes Gutenburg introduces movable type printing press in Germany
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Feb 4, 1468
Willism Caxton produced first book with printed advertisement
He produced a book in England with first printed ad. -
Feb 4, 1500
Printed books and pamphlets continue to succeed
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The First Newspapers in Europe emerge
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Ben Harris prints first colonial newspaper in America
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Ben Franklin prints money for paper currency
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Andrew Bradford prints American Magazine
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William McGuffey begins writing reading textbooks
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First Telegraph line set by Samuel Morse
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First transatlantic cable
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Thomas Edison invents the phonograph
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GEorge Eastman invents photographic film
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Jospeh Maxwell introduces electrical microphones
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Franklin D. Roosevelt debuts Fireside Chats on radio
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Community Antenna television system, early cable
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Digital Technology, early internet technology
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J.C.R Licklider proposes concept of internet
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Audiocassettes are introduced
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Email is developed
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First Online Newspaper
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Color TV replaces black-and-white in America
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Laptop is launched
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Direct Broadcast Satellite service is launched
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Rise of cell phone use and cellular technology
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Holorgrams for phone calls, television use, and computers