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Evolution of Media

By Franncheska__
  • 1500 BCE

    Pre-Historic

    Pre-Historic
    Prehistory is the period of human activity between the use of the first stone tools ~3.3 million years ago and the invention of writing systems, the earliest was 5300 years ago.Technology that predates recorded history. Anything prior to the first written accounts of history is prehistoric (meaning "before history"), including earlier technologies.
  • 1500 BCE

    Pre-Historic

    Pre-Historic
    Examples:
    *Rock carving : c. 200,000 BC

    *Song, music and Dance: between 100,000 BC and 30,000 BC

    *Language and Oration, Cave paintings & Visual Symbols : between 100,000 BC and 30,000 BC
  • 220

    Printing press using wood blocks (220 AD)

    Printing press using wood blocks (220 AD)
    Woodblock Printing is a technique for printing text, images or patterns used widely throughout East Asia , originating in China as a method of printing on textiles. As a method of printing on cloth, the earliest surviving examples from China date to before 220, and from Egypt to the 4th century. Ukiyo-e is the best known type of Japanese woodblock art print.
  • 1275

    Pre-Industrial Age

    Pre-Industrial Age
    (Before 1700s) - People discovered fire, developed paper from plants, and forged weapons and tools with stone, bronze, copper and iron.
    Examples:
    • Cave paintings (35,000 BC)
    • Clay tablets in Mesopotamia (2400 BC)
    • Papyrus in Egypt (2500 BC)
    • Acta Diurna in Rome (130 BC)
    • Dibao in China (2nd Century)
    • Codex in the Mayan region (5th Century)
    • Paper Mill in Germany (1440)

  • Industrial Age

    Industrial Age
    People used the power of steam, developed machine tools, established iron production, and the manufacturing of various products (including books through the printing press).
    Examples:
    *Printing Press for mass production (19th century)
    newspaper
    *Typewriter(1800)
    *Telephone(1876)
    *Motion picture photography(1890)
    *Telegraph

  • Electronic Age

    Electronic Age
    The invention of the transistor ushered in the electronic age. People harnessed the power of transistors that led to the transistor radio, electronic circuits, and the early computers. In this age, long distance communication became more efficient.
    Examples :
    • Transistor Radio
    • Television (1941)
    • Large electronic computers- i.e. EDSAC (1949) & UNIVAC 1 (1951)
    • Mainframe computers - i.e. IBM 704 (1960)
    • Personal computers - i.e. HewlettPackard 9100A (1968), Apple 1 (1976)

  • Information Age

    Information Age
    The Internet paved the way for faster communication and the creation of the social network. People advanced the use of microelectronics with the invention of personal computers, mobile devices, and wearable technology. Moreover, voice, image, sound and data are digitalized.
    Examples:
    • Web browser:Mosaic(1993), Internet Explorer(1995)
    • Blogs: Blogspot(1999), Wordpress (2003)
    • Social networks:Friendster (2002),Facebook (2004)
    • Virtual Reality,Video Chat (2003) and Portable computers(1980)