History

By Sam Gross
  • 1450

    1450 - Gutenberg's Printing Press Invention:

    The printing press facilitated in the mass production of news stories.

  • Telegraph Invention

    Morse code allowed the development of long distance communication.

  • Telephone Invention

    The telephone allowed communication through real time voice transmission.

  • Radio Broadcasting Begins

    Allowed the rise of mass news and entertainment.

  • Television Becomes Commercial

    The first television broadcast making the television a mass media producer.

  • Birth of the Internet (ARPANET)

    This layed the ground works for digital devices and communication today.

  • CNN Launches

    CNN was the first 24 hour news network.

  • World Wide Web Goes Public

    The World Wide Web allowed people all around the world to be able to communicate instantly.

  • YouTube Launches

    YouTube was one of the first platforms that allowed people to make content and share it with the world.

  • Rise of Social Media

    Apps such as instagram,Snapchat,Facebook, and TikTok has played a big role in how people consume information and how it will influence them