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100 BCE
Paper is invented
Historical records and stories can now be stored -
1445
Printing press
Gutenberg invented this and literacy now spreads through Europe -
Photography
actual visual records of people and history can now be stored -
Morse Code
Samuel Morse invented this & now communication breaks the distance barrier -
The Telegraph
text communication breaks the distance barrier -
Film
Lumiere Brothers presented the first publicly shown one and some people are frightened by it -
1st radio broadcast in U.S.
This is the birth of the modern mass media -
Golden age of film
Hollywood turns actors into national and international celebrities -
Television
Has now "entered" the home and commercials "invade" -
Computers
Apple sells the first home computers