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38,000 BCE
Perietal Art (Cave Paintings)
Cave paintings are also known as "parietal art".They are painted drawings on cave walls or ceilings, mainly of prehistoric origin. it was their way of communication to one another or recording the history. -
6000 BCE
Egytian Papyrus Scroll
Papyrus is a material similar to thick paper that was used in ancient times as writing surface. It was made from the pith of the papyrus plant, Cyperus papyrus, a wetland sedge. -
105 BCE
Chinese Paper
Paper making is one of the inventions by Chinese. 105 A.D. is often cited as the year in which papermaking was invented. In that year, historical records show that the invention of paper was reported to the Eastern Han Emperor Ho-di by Ts'ai Lun, an official of the Imperial Court. -
1000
Creation of Alphabet
The alphabet is the collection of written symbols fit together and used to describe certain sounds within the verbal language, a way of communication with out verbal contact.
The creation of the alphabet is possibly the largest milestone in our media's history. Communication had evolved from verbal, to visual, and idea's could now be recorded for future generations to observe. Without the alphabet media would not be what we recognise it as today. -
1440
Gutenberg press
The printing press was created by Johannes Gutenberg. With the printing press came a rapidly increasing rate of literacy, as it made books and other reading materials far more easier to obtain and much less expensive. Books were now far easier to create and distribute, thus the cost decreased greatly. The literacy rate estimatedly went from 5% to 50% within a century. A huge turning point in media history, as it gave more people the ability to read. -
Dutch Coranto
Forerunners of modern newsletters were the “ corantos”—single-page collections of news items from foreign journals. They were circulated by the Dutch early in the 17th century, and English and French translations were published in Amsterdam. Corantos were early informational broadsheets, Beginning around the 14th century, a system developed where letters of news and philosophical discussion would be sent to a central collecting point to be bundled and sent around. -
Radio wave lengths
James Clerk Maxwell discovered that the air held something called radio wave lengths of which could be altered and used to communicate. It was this discovery that led to the creation of the radio. The radio has changed how we communicate with one another, and how we access entertainment. It greatly increased the publics interest in media as it made stories, music, and information avalible at the turn of a dial. -
First Telephone
Alexander Graham Bell was awarded the first U.S. patent for the invention of the telephone in 1876. Elisha Gray, 1876, designed a telephone using a water microphone in Highland Park, Illinois. -
Vinyl Disc Player
Emile Berliner created the first ever Vinyl disc and music player in 1888 greatly changing the worlds appreciation for music. Concerts and musician performances were no longer the only way to appreciate music, with this invention music was able to be appreciated within ones home, whenever one wanted. It was evolutionary to the music media and it allowed many more to grow to love and appreciate music, bringing the medium to a forefront. -
Radio
Over several years starting in 1894 the Italian inventor Guglielmo Marconi built the first complete, commercially successful wireless telegraphy system based on airborne Hertzian waves (radio transmission). -
Video Camera
When John Largie Baird invented the television he also invented the video camera, each pointless without the other. The video camera has changed our media because it has single handedly created a whole new area of media. Television, cinematic films all created by and due to the video camera. These mediums our huge within our society today, and they were all made possible by the video camera. -
Telivision
The creation of the television shaped our media's history, in the way that it brought in a whole new form of media. The creator John Largie Baird was the first to demonstrate this motion picture technology. The television evolved to bring us movies, tv shows, news cast, and many more forms of media that are now extremely prominent within our society today. -
First Computer
The first ever electrical binary programmable system was created by Konrad Zuse and his parents in their home living room. This has shaped our media greatly as computers control next to everything we use in our society today. Computers are used to edit, and develope televison, and movies, as well as record music. They are the main source from which people today gain their media and information from, and have shaped our industrial lives greatly. -
VHS Player
The Sony company engineers developed this invention which again shaped our media. The VHS player changed the movie industry as suddenly movies were no longer things that could only be seen at a cinema. Movies could now be purchased, and watched over and over again within the comfort of ones own home. This was before unheard of, and it goes without saying it changed the movie world, as it allowed many more people to be able to enjoy the medium. -
Cellphone
Martin Cooper was the first man to create this portable communication system, a telephone that could be taken with you anywhere. Evolutionary to the media world as it suddenly meant humans could always be in contact with each other, no matter where they went. This technology has gone on to bring us devices such as smart phones which our one of our times largest media outlets. -
MP3 Player
This evolutionary portable music device was first introduced by the Saehin / Eiger Labs engineers. Although portable music devices before the MP3 had been known for awhile (such as walkmens and cassette players), this was the first portable device that recuired no CD or additional disc information. The device stored the music for you, a huge step for the music distribution industry, as it has changed how we share and listen to music drasticaly.
