History of Mass Media

  • 59 BCE

    News Paper

    News Paper
    Acta Diurna' was the first news paper in 59 BC. The first weekly newspaper started back in 1605 by Antwerp. Since then the News Paper is still being used today as a way to read the your news physically.
  • Feb 13, 1440

    Printing Press

    Printing Press
    Guglielmo Marconi was an inventor that made the numerous inventions one of his biggest was the Printing press. This device let people mass spread their books and news papers.
  • Camera

    Camera
    The first camera was invented in 1685 by a man named Johann Zahn, but the first practical camera was made in 1829. The camera was a way to take shots of real life pictures without taking the hours and days for a painting.
  • Telegraph

    Telegraph
    The telegraph saw birth to a more distant way of communicating with each other. Devolved in 1830's and 1840's by Samuel Morse the telegraph used a type of language called Morse code made by Samuel Morse.
  • Telephone

    Telephone
    The Telephone was created back in 1879 by a man named Alexander Bell. This was the first type of broadcasting besides the telegraph.
  • Radio

    Radio
    Guglielmo Marconi an Italian inventor he was the first person to send and receive a radio signal from England from Newfoundland.
  • Television

    Television
    The Television was made on September 7th, 1927 by a man named Philo Taylor Farnsworth which was 21-year-old inventor. The television saw the birth of broadcasting video across a large nation.
  • Cell Phones

    Cell Phones
    The first mobile phone was created on April 3rd, 1973 over 40 years. Martin Cooper was the first person to call on the phone which lead for news to spread even farther than before.
  • Internet

    Internet
    The Internet was a revolution the brought news from places like the United States to China. The creation of the internet was made in 1983 and in the 90's it was more modernized.
  • Smart Phones

    Smart Phones
    Simon also know as the first smart phone in the world it was created in 1992. Over 15 years before Apple released the iPhone