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Period: 39,999 BCE to 130 BCE
PRE-INDUSTRIAL AGE
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Period: 39,999 BCE to
INTRODUCTION
Media, in its various forms, has been an integral part of human civilization since time immemorial. The development of media from the first cave drawings to the modern digital landscapes is evidence of human intellect, creativity, and connection-seeking. This timeline follows the development of media from prehistoric communication systems to the digital era in an attempt to comprehend the intricate structure of media evolution. (kindly disregard the date of this part) -
38,000 BCE
Cave Painting
Cave painting is considered one of the first expressions of the human animal’s appreciation of beauty and a representation of a mystic or sacred side to life. Hundreds of images of animals in vibrant color and striking poses of action can be seen in the prehistoric art gallery on rocks worldwide. -
32,000 BCE
Hieroglyphic Script
Hieroglyph, meaning “sacred carving,” is a Greek translation of the Egyptian phrase “the god's words,” which was used at the time of the early Greek contacts with Egypt to distinguish the older hieroglyphs from the handwriting of the day (demotic). -
24,000 BCE
Clay Tablets
It was used as a writing medium, especially for writing in cuneiform. -
5000 BCE
Cuneiform
It is a system of writing used in the ancient Middle East. The name, a coinage from Latin and Middle French roots meaning “wedge-shaped,” has been the modern designation from the early 18th century onward. -
2500 BCE
Papyrus
Papyrus was the first writing material to assume many of the properties of what we now know as paper. Invented by the Egyptians in approximately 3000 B.C., papyrus leaves for writing were made from the papyrus water-plant which grew abundantly in the marshy delta of the River Nile. -
130 BCE
Acta Diurna in ROME
In ancient Rome, the “Acta Diurna,” translating roughly into Daily Public Records, transcribed official messages and matters of public interest onto a slab of stone, which was placed in a town square or market. -
206
Dibao in CHINA
Dibao was a type of publication issued by central and local governments in imperial China. They have been called "palace reports" or "imperial bulletins". Dibao were important because they were used as media for regulation and circulation of government's official reports and announcements to masses. -
220
Printing Press using Wood Blocks
Woodblock printing is a relief print technique in which images, designs, or words are carved in reverse onto a block of wood using wood carving tools. -
600
Codex in the MAYAN REGION
According to archaeoastronomer Anthony Aveni, the codices were used to set dates for rituals, often by linking them to astronomical events. The pages of the codices usually depict a deity and include a series of glyphs describing what the deity is doing. -
Period: 1400 to
INDUSTRIAL AGE
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1440
Printing Press for Mass Production
Printing press, machine by which text and images are transferred from movable type to paper or other media by means of ink. The earliest mention of a mechanized printing press in Europe appears in a lawsuit in Strasbourg in 1430s'/1940s' ; it reveals construction of a press for Johannes Gutenberg and his associates. -
Newspaper – The London Gazette
Newspaper that gives British government announcements, including information of interest to people in government departments and the legal profession, as well as lists of recent honors. -
Typewriter
Typewriter, any of various machines for writing characters similar to those made by printers’ types, especially a machine in which the characters are produced by steel types striking the paper through an inked ribbon with the types being actuated by corresponding keys on a keyboard and the paper being held by a platen that is automatically moved along with a carriage when a key is struck. -
Punch Cards
Punch cards, also known as Hollerith cards, or punch tape data storage cards, were once the primary medium for inputting and outputting data to computers. They are rectangular pieces of cardboard with various sizes punched holes to represent various characters and commands. -
Telegraph
Telegraphy requires that the method used for encoding the message be known to both sender and receiver. Many methods are designed according to the limits of the signaling medium used. -
Telephone
A telephone, or phone, is a telecommunications device that permits two or more users to conduct a conversation when they are too far apart to be heard directly. A telephone converts sound, typically and most efficiently the human voice, into electronic signals suitable for transmission via cables or other transmission media over long distances, and replays such signals simultaneously in audible form to its user. -
Motion Pictures Photography/Projection
Motion-picture technology, the means for the production and showing of motion pictures. It includes not only the motion-picture camera and projector but also such technologies as those involved in recording sound, in editing both picture and sound, in creating special effects, and in producing animation. -
First Semi-Analogue Television
Analog television is the original television technology that uses analog signals to transmit video and audio. In an analog television broadcast, the brightness, colors and sound are represented by amplitude, phase and frequency of an analog signal. -
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ELECTRONIC AGE
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Transistor Radio
A transistor radio is a small portable radio receiver that uses transistor-based circuitry. Following their development in 1954, made possible by the invention of the transistor in 1947, they became the most popular electronic communication device in history -
Colored Television
Color television is a television transmission technology that includes color information for the picture, so the video image can be displayed in color on the television set. It improves on the monochrome or black-and-white television technology, which displays the image in shades of gray.I experience using it when I was a child, i was big and heavy unlike the new television that we are using nowadays.The quality of images are not the same as now because of the technology . -
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INFORMATION AGE
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World Wide Web
Tim Berners-Lee, a British scientist, invented the World Wide Web (WWW) in 1989, while working at CERN. The Web was originally conceived and developed to meet the demand for automated information-sharing between scientists in universities and institutes around the world. In addition, as I use it when I was a child, I don't really know how it works, but now as student I realized the importance of it in our lives. It makes us connect with different sites and get informations. -
First Smartphone
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First Smartphone (Simon Personal Communicator)
The Simon Personal Communicator (or SPC, commonly called IBM Simon) included many features familiar to modern smartphone users. It was designed to be a multi-purpose device that could handle a wide range of tasks, including making phone calls, sending faxes, and managing contacts and calendars. -
Electromechanical computer (Z3)
The Z3 was a German electromechanical computer designed by Konrad Zuse in 1938, and completed in 1941. It was the world's first working programmable, fully automatic digital computer. The Z3 was built with 2,600 relays, implementing a 22-bit word length that operated at a clock frequency of about 5–10 Hz. -
Google
Google LLC is an American multinational corporation and technology company focusing on online advertising, search engine technology, cloud computing, computer software, quantum computing, e-commerce, consumer electronics, and artificial intelligence. Google really helps alot in terms our education. It enables us to inquire different information and share our insight, comments and knowledge as an responsible individual.