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Evolution of Traditional to New Media

By Vinsoy07
  • 1700 BCE

    Pre-Industrial Age (Before 1700s)

    Pre-Industrial Age (Before 1700s)
    People discovered fire, developed paper from plants, and forged weapons and tools with stone, bronze, copper and iron.
    Forms of Media:
    • 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 Mayan region (5th Century)
    • Printing press using wood blocks (220 AD)
    In this period people used natural materials came from nature to used as medium of communication.

  • Industrial Age (1700S TO 1930S)

    Industrial Age (1700S TO 1930S)
    People used the power of steam, developed machine tools established iron production, and the manufacturing of various products.
    Forms of Media:
    • Printing press for mass production (1900)
    • Newspaper- The London Gazette (1740)
    • Typewriter (1800) • Telephone (1876)
    • Motion picture photography/projection (1890)
    • Commercial motion pictures (1913)
    • Motion picture with sound (1926)
    • Telegraph
    • Punch cards
    In this period information takes time to disseminate to the receiver.

  • Electronic Age (1930S TO 1980S)

    Electronic Age (1930S TO 1980S)
    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.
    Forms of Media:
    • Transistor Radio
    • Television (1941)
    • Mainframe computers - i.e. IBM
    704 (1960)
    • OHP, LCD projectors
    • PC “Personal Computer”
    • Apple 1(1976)
    In this period people are starting to digitalized everything for the convenient of humanity to have more efficient of communcation.

  • Information Age (1990s-2000s)

    Information Age (1990s-2000s)
    The Internet paved the way for faster communication and the creation of the social network.
    Forms of Media:
    Web browsers: Mosaic (1993), Internet
    Explorer (1995)
    • Blogs: Blogspot (1999), Wordpress
    (2003)
    • Social networks: Friendster (2002),
    Multiply (2003), FB (2004), Instagram
    • Microblogs: Twitter (2006), Tumblr
    (2007)
    • Video: YouTube (2005)
    In this period long disctance communication is possible.People who are far away brings each other closer to each other through social networking sites.