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100 BCE
Paper
Paper is invented in china and now all records can be kept -
1455
Printing Press
Gutenberg creates the printing pess and literacy spreads through Europe -
Photography
actual visuals of events can now be stored of people and history -
Morse Code
Samuel Morse invents Morse code the communication breaks the distance barrier at the time -
Telegraph
now can send a message fastest at its time breaking the barrier. before this the average speed a message could travel was 35 mph. -
Telophone
Alexander Graham Bell invents the telophone. conversations break the distance barrier -
Film
The Lumiere brothers present the 1st publicly shown film, some people are frightend -
Radio
The 1st radio broadcast in the US. the birth of the modern mass media -
Films
This was the golden age of film, Hollywood transforms actors into national and international celebrities -
Talkie Movies
"The Jazz Singer" is the first "Talkie." Silent stars are now a memory. -
Televison
T.V. enters the home, commercials imvade -
Internet
Global networks revolutionize how people access info.