Evolution of mass media

By Thomas ski fast
  • 105

    Chinese paper

    Chinese paper
    Paper was invented by Cai Lun in 105 AD. It was spread using the Silk Road
  • 540

    public library in athens

  • Jan 12, 600

    Egyptian papyrus scrolls

    Egyptian papyrus scrolls
    papyrus is a thin paper-like material made from the pith of the papyrus plant
  • Jan 7, 1450

    Gutenberg's printing press

    Gutenberg's printing press
  • Jan 9, 1500

    italian gazzets

    italian gazzets
    It is the name of a official news paper
  • Jan 9, 1517

    95 theses

    Martin Luther nails “Ninety Five Theses” to church door in Wittenberg, Germany

  • first press in what would become the U.S.

    first press in what would become the U.S.
    harvard cologe

  • John Milton

    John Milton
    denounces licensing of the press in Areopagitica because he wanted free speech

  • Oxford Gazette

    Oxford Gazette
    first English-language newspaper in England

  • First successful American newspaper: The Boston News-Letter

    First successful American newspaper: The Boston News-Letter
    America's first continuously-published newspaper, the Boston News-Letter published its first issue on April 24, 1704.

  • John Peter Zenger trial

    John Peter Zenger trial
    The trial of JOHN PETER ZENGER, a New York printer, was an important step toward this most precious freedom for American colonists.

  • First American magazines

    First American magazines

  • Bill of Rights (including First Amendment) ratified

    Bill of Rights (including First Amendment) ratified
    On September 1789, the first Congress of the United States approved 12 amendments to the U.S. Constitution and sent them to the states for ratification.

  • First African-American newspaper in U.S.: Freedom’s Journal

    First African-American newspaper in U.S.: Freedom’s Journal
    The newspaper was founded by Peter Williams, Jr.

  • First Native American newspaper in U.S.: Cherokee Phoenix

    First Native American newspaper in U.S.: Cherokee Phoenix

  • Noah Webster publishes first dictionary

    Noah Webster publishes first dictionary

  • New York Sun begins publication; rise of the Penny Press

    New York Sun begins publication; rise of the Penny Press

  • Samuel Morse granted patent for telegraph.

  • Associated Press founded

    Associated Press founded

  • Semitic alphabet in Egypt

  • Thomas Edison invents the “talking machine”

    Thomas Edison invents the “talking machine”

  • Edison lab develops movie camera

    Edison lab develops movie camera

  • Guglielmo Marconi sends and receives radio message across the Atlantic

    Guglielmo Marconi sends and receives radio message across the Atlantic

  • World War I propaganda, censorship, technology

    World War I propaganda, censorship, technology

  • First radio stations in U.S. and Canada

    First radio stations in U.S. and Canada

  • Time magazine debuts

    Time magazine debuts

  • AT&T links two radio stations for first “network”

    AT&T links two radio stations for first “network”

  • Orson Welles’ “War of the Worlds” broadcast

    Orson Welles’ “War of the Worlds” broadcast

  • First TV commercial advertises a Bulova clock

    First TV commercial advertises a Bulova clock

  • Kennedy-Nixon debate

    Kennedy-Nixon debate

  • People magazine introduced

    People magazine introduced

  • MTV (Music Television) first airs; first video is “Video Killed the Radio Star

    MTV (Music Television) first airs; first video is “Video Killed the Radio Star

  • Internet access opened to general public

    Internet access opened to general public
    Changes everything

  • internet goes interactive

  • Phoenician alphabet

    Phoenician alphabet

  • satellite radio launched

    satellite radio launched

  • Broadband is in half of American homes

    Broadband is in half of American homes

  • Google Library Book Project

    Google Library Book Project
    digitizing books

  • Sumerian stamp seals

  • earliest cave drawings

    earliest cave drawings