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2000 B.C. – Phoenician alphabet
Imagine a world without an alphabet. We could all be speaking different languges and not even be able to understand eachother. I could not do that. It would be a hard life for all of us so the alphabet was a big part of multiumedia. -
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1900-1800 B.C. – Semitic alphabet in Egypt
Without the alphabet in the world today, i dont even know where we would all be be. maybe we wouldn't be able to write, speak in the same area that everone does. -
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4000 B.C. – Sumerian stamp seals
The Sumerian stamp seals were little pices of wood, marble, and other helpful and pretty pices of minerals that people would carve in interesting patterns and pictures that meant much for them and things that they wanted on a cool piece of material. -
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3100 B.C. – Sumerian word system on clay like slabs
The Sumerian word system on clay like slabs was a system full of pictograms and words that were like symbols and letters but they helped multimedia forever! Even when the world had not even had the alphabet it was a big part of the multimedia history and was a huge landmark in time. -
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105 A.D. – Chinese paper (didn’t arrive in West for centuries)
Today we see paper everywhere from newspapers to trees. It is everwhere we look and without us inventing it, we may not be in school and not even have any technology if paper was never made because who could make inventions without something to write on? Paper is very important. -
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540 B.C. – Public library in Athens
Even though Athens was a long time ago and it was a good time in history, the library was a big deal because you can read bookks in the area instead of buying them. Most of the books were not used to cost money and they were more for the fun or reading a great book. -
Jan 1, 600
600 B.C. – Egyptian papyrus scrolls
The Egyptian papyrus scrolls were made from a papyrus plant and that is what they wrote on. The writting was consiting of ictures and words from 600 B.C. They used red ink that made it show up on the paper better than other ink that they had. -
Jan 1, 1450
1450 – Gutenberg press (leads to Protestant Revolution, among other things)
This invetion was a printer that was a huge sucsess! It would place a piece of paper in it and it would punch a picture or writing on it. It was similar to a stamp or a large picture that would be placed ontop of a paper and pressed down onto it. Now days we have high tech printers but we don't even think about how much affort it takes for a printer that print something. -
Jan 1, 1500
1500s – Italian gazettes
The Italian gazettes was a newspaper that was very sucessful and was, as you could imagine, a italian newspaper and was a big part in multimedia history because newspapers were sort of big in the 1500's but they were still coming along and they were not as long as the newspapers are today. -
Jan 1, 1517
1517 – Martin Luther nails “Ninety Five Theses” to church door in Wittenberg, Germany
The 1517 Martin Luther nails “Ninety Five Theses” to church door in Wittenberg, Germany, was written by a man who wrote a bunch of paragraphs about lots of things such as things that are improtant and things that may not effect many people. He wrote about 95 statements and he hung it up for everyone to see. -
Jan 1, 1534
1534 – first press in America (Spanish America)
As media these dys is the reporters of america are filling the world in on the day in everyones lives and all of the important things that happen to people and what important things the world need to know about. More of the things that the press and reporters shar with us are important and relivant to our lives and we should know about it and without them we would not be able to know what thigns are going on in our world today. -
Jan 1, 1534
First Press in America
http://img.groundspeak.com/waymarking/display/21d477df-a53a-4250-bc17-b262d9ae1eab.jpg The first press in America was a big deal because now days that is how people find out about what the president thinks about things and what he or she is going to do with our votes and stuff. This is such a huge thing that if press was not ever invented we would be clueless and probably would not have anything that we have that was made or started after the First Press in America. -
First Newspaper in Europe
URL: http://www.rotaryfirst100.org/presidents/conventions/1921/ It was very hard to send out the newspaper because just before that they were using horses and telegraphs. But the newpaper changed it all. Now, even though the newspapers today are long and have many papges to them, the ones back then had one to 2 pages. Of course they got longer a longer as time went on but, they started out short. -
1618 – Dutch Coranto (printed in English in 1620)
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1638 – first press in what would become U.S. (Harvard College)
The Harvard College was a big part of history of multimedia, because of the 400 books the library had to start with and the Harvard College was a big step in the press of media. -
1644 – John Milton denounces licensing of the press in Areopagitica
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1665 – Oxford Gazette (first English-language newspaper) in England
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Ben Harris Prints First Colonial Newspaper
URL:http://www.clements.umich.edu/exhibits/online/bannedbooks/entry7.html This newspaper was a longer one but the print was pretty big. This told a long of things about Benjiman Franklin and " Tryal." -
First American Newpaper
http://www.learnnc.org/lp/media/uploads/2008/07/masthead.jpg Now, the first American newspaper was very important and as far as i know it was published in North Carolina. It was called the Gazette. There are many older books and movies made wth this title in the newspaper company and its true that The Gazette was around for a long time. -
1690 – First American newspaper: Publick Occurrences (lasts one issue)
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1704 – First successful American newspaper: The Boston News-Letter
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Benjamin Franklin founded his first Library
URL: http://www.ushistory.org/franklin/philadelphia/library.htm Benjiman founded his first library was also a big thing during this time. This is because people had lots of books but since they were so expensive people did not have very many of them. Back then children and people would always read and seeing a movie for instance was like going to disney land or something today. Once he made a library people could read and rent books all the time. -
Poor Richard’s Almanack helps create popular culture in America
URL: http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/books-that-shaped-america/1750-to-1800.html The Poor Richard’s Almanack helped create popular culture in America. Benjiman Franklin wrote and printed it in Philidelphia. This was a book full of poems, articals, pictures, news and maps. It had all sorts of things that people could do, make, read, create, ect. Almost every house in this time had one in their house and it was very expensive so many were in very good conditions. -
1735 – John Peter Zenger trial
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First American magazines
http://img.whenintime.com/tli/jamie_nccc/COM_100_MEDIA_TIMELINE/cd69fbb9-67d9-47a6-b57a-252268c8bf45_magazine.jpg Now days we have colorful magazines and they are made with cool pictures and fonts. they also are made of a cool paper. But the first magazine only have a picture and was made of an ugly colored piece of paper but the people who got them probably thought it was the best thing ever. -
1783-1833 – Rise of Party Press
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Bill of Rights (including First Amendment)
http://bryanramey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/bill-of-rights-01.gif People demanded a artical or declaration that showed the rights of people and the citizens. This document also told people who they were what they had to do and what the rights they had were. This was very similar to the Declaration of Independence. This was a very important time period and was a very important to people and was super intellegent. -
1791 – Bill of Rights (including First Amendment) ratified
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1798 – Alien and Sedition Acts passed
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1821 – Saturday Evening Post founded
The saturday evening post was a newspaper that was not very popular for a long period of time because, it was not used every week for while. -
First African-American newspaper in U.S.: Freedom’s Journal
http://www.bet.com/news/national/2013/03/07/commentary-the-need-is-as-great-as-ever-for-black-media/_jcr_content/featuredMedia/newsitemimage.newsimage.dimg/030713-national-freedoms-journal-media.jpg This was a document that provided international, national and regional information on current events and important articals and news that people should know about or just would be interested in. This journal also informed people about bibilographies of people. It showed deaths and births too. -
1827 – First African-American newspaper in U.S.: Freedom’s Journal
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Noah Webster publishes first dictionary
http://www.marblesthebrainstore.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dictionary.jpg Noah Webster was a man who created the first dictionary and owned his own company.this man was very smart and very inteligent too. He was excepted to go to Harvord College and he studied law. -
1828 – First Native American newspaper in U.S.: Cherokee Phoenix
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1828 – Noah Webster publishes first dictionary
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1833s – New York Sun begins publication; rise of the Penny Press
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1844 – Samuel Morse granted patent for telegraph. First message, May 24: “What hath God wrought?” Second message: “Have you any news?”
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1848 – Associated Press founded
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1860-1865 – Civil War brings home “necessity” of news
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1877 – Thomas Edison invents the “talking machine”
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Edison lab develops movie camera
http://img.timeinc.net/time/daily/2010/1007/edison_movies_0705.jpg Edison Lab was very sucsessful movie making company that made a extream investment. -
George Eastman introduces the Kodak camera
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Heinrich Hertz transmits wireless sound waves
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1888 – Heinrich Hertz transmits wireless sound waves
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Linotype machine introduced at newspapers
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First “New Journalism” period; “Yellow Journalism”
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Edison develops mass market phonograph
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Edison patents Kinetoscope – first parlor opens 1894 in New York
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Joseph Pulitzer’s New York World starts daily women’s page
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“Stunt girl” Nellie Bly circles the world
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Guglielmo Marconi sends and receives radio message across the Atlantic (Morse code, point to point)
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First “nickelodeon”
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Reginald Fessenden broadcasts voice
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Newsreels begin; continue into 1960s
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Titanic sinks; leads to Federal Radio Act of 1912
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START World War I propaganda, censorship, technology
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D.W. Griffith releases Birth of a Nation, first full-length film to significantly impact culture
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“I Love Lucy” debuts; uses film and three cameras
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Charlie Chaplin becomes the first entertainer to earn $1 million
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END World War I propaganda, censorship, technology
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RCA founded
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First radio stations in U.S. and Canada
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“Jazz Journalism” tabloids
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Reader’s Digest magazine founded
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Lee de Forest shows first “talkie”
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Time magazine debuts
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A.C. Nielsen company begins
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AT&T links two radio stations for first “network”
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Federal Radio Act sets up commission to regulate airwaves
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Philo Farnsworth applies for electronic TV patents
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The Jazz Singer released
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Academy Awards given for the first time (Wings wins Best Picture)
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“Golden Age of Movies” to 40's
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Eleanor Roosevelt insists on women-only press conferences (“the Roosevelt Rule”)
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Federal Communications Commission (FCC) established
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Life magazine debuts
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England is first country with regular TV broadcasts
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Orson Welles’ “War of the Worlds” broadcast
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TV is a hit at the World’s Fair
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First FM radio station started in New Jersey
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First TV commercial advertises a Bulova clock
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Welles’s Citizen Kane released; sometimes called the best movie of all time
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John H. Johnson starts Negro Digest; would later found Ebony and Jet
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Red Scare leads to congressional investigation of Hollywood
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Supreme Court hands down Paramount Decision
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Red Channels: The Communist Influence in Radio and Television ruins careers
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“Golden Age of Television”
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FCC lifts “the Freeze” imposed in 1948
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Eisenhower runs 20-second campaign spot
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TV Guide magazine debuts; Lucille Ball and her newborn son on first cover
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Playboy magazine introduced; Marilyn Monroe is first centerfold
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TV Guide magazine debuts; Lucille Ball and her newborn son on first cover
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Playboy magazine introduced; Marilyn Monroe is first centerfold
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Edward R. Murrow’s “See It Now” focuses on Joseph McCarthy
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Elvis Presley discovered by Sam Phillips of Sun Records
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Edward R. Murrow’s “See It Now” focuses on Joseph McCarthy
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Elvis Presley discovered by Sam Phillips of Sun Records
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videotape introduced
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videotape introduced
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Quiz show scandal rocks television industry
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Quiz show scandal rocks television industry
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Kennedy-Nixon debate
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Kennedy-Nixon debate
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Internet formed for exchange of ideas, not available to general public
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Network news expands from 15 minutes to 30 minutes
Today we are all used to watching movies that are really long, more than an hour and we see T.V shows that are really long also. I don't think that people realize that we are so lucky to be living in this time period because if we were living a long time ago when this event came up than we would only be watching shows for less than 30 minutes long. -
Betty Friedan writes The Feminine Mystique
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New York Times v. Sullivan gives press new right to criticize public officials
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The Beatles first tour America
In todays world we see people walking around with The Beatles shirts on and i think that that band was a huge part in America because they were a big influence in America. -
Second “New Journalism” period; literary journalism; underground newspapers
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Congress passes Public Broadcasting Act; PBS formed
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Neal Armstrong walks on moon; we see it on TV
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ABC introduces made-for-TV movies
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Feminists stage sit-in at Ladies Home Journal
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Ms. magazine launched
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Life magazine died; came back as monthly from 1978 to 2000
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Boylan v. New York Times sex discrimination lawsuit filed
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Cigarette advertising banned from TV
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Richard Nixon resigns, a result of Watergate coverage
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People magazine introduced
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Home Box Office (formed by Time, Inc. in 1972) begins satellite distribution of TV; Ted Turner starts first “superstation”
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Sony Betamax home videocassette recorder introduced
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Matsushita introduces VHS
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laser disc player introduced; largely a failure, but opened door for CDs
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Sony Walkman appears in Japan
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Iranian hostage crisis leads to “Nightline” and loss by Jimmy Carter to a former radio broadcaster and movie actor
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“Who Shot J.R.?” on “Dallas” is first TV season-ending cliff-hanger
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MTV (Music Television) first airs; first video is “Video Killed the Radio Star”
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Home shopping network debuts
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USA Today begins publication
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Sony introduces CD player
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Muckraking magazines
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Internet access opened to general public; changes everything
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Telecommunications Act of 1996 brings V-chip, deregulation, and dramatic increase in mergers and takeovers
This was a very important date in multimedia history. " The goal of this new law is to let anyone enter any communications business -- to let any communications business compete in any market against any other." This was the first overall United States telecommunication laws ever in the world and on the television. -
I pod
As you know well the iphone 5s and the iphone 5s are the newest creation of the year and this is a big deal but nobody really cares about when everything was made nor how much work it took to make these things. And how much work it took to get the great ideas to make things like that. But as you can see this is about the first ipod. That was the first generation of an ipod and now the ipod in i a bunch of different sizes and colors and they have different uses and allow different effects. -
The IPhone came out
Ad you know that today the newest iphone that has come out is the iphone 5s and iphone 5c and they are able to do many things. They have more space and come in all sorts of colors but as you may not know the first iphones were coming out a long time ago and it was not a big deal. But now it is a huge deal and if you walk around you will se lots of people with iphones in their hands. -
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