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First book printed
The first dated printed book known happened in China in the year 868, the book was known to be called “Diamond Sutra”. -
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Magazines
Magazines started being published around 1825, the figure grew a lot within the next 25 years and continued to grow after 1850 -
Newspaper and magazines dominate
With no radio or television, newspapers and magazines ruled the media world, you had to read to get your news. -
Black and white photos
Black and white photos really came about around 1910 and played a really prominent role. Four color printing would soon come into effect -
“The Media”
The phrase “the media” really began to spark in the 1920’s mass media would then later come along and become big after world war 2 -
Radios
Radios really came about in the 40’s. It could provide information faster than newspapers and new news about the war could be quick as it could be said on the radio. -
Downfall of magazines
Magazines slowly was lost in popularity when national advertising went to television. -
Television news
1980 really started a growth in television media, with the start of 24 hour cable television, newspapers slowly started to disappeared -
Web browser takeoff
In the 1990’s popular web browsers really started to take off which can be marked as the birth of social media. -
Internet
In the start of the 20th century the birth of the internet started to take place, news started going to computers and phones.
