History of Mass Media

By jennabuggy25
  • 100 BCE

    Paper invented in China

    Paper invented in China
  • 1455

    1455

    Gutenberg invents the printing press and literacy spreads through Europe

  • 1835

    Samuel Morse invents Morse Code

  • 1843

    The telegraph and text communication breaks the distance barrier

  • 1862

    "The Dead of Antietam" appeared on a sign outside Matthew Brady's New York studio

  • 1876

    1876 Bell invents the telephone

  • 1898

    Lumiere Brothers present the 1st publicly shown film

  • 1920

    First radio broadcast in US

  • 1927

    "The Jazz Singer" is the first "Talkie"

  • 1950's

    Television "enters" the home and commercials "invade"