Mass media 100 year timeline

First Nobel Prizes awarded

Jun 3, 1901

The first nobel prizes were awarded in Chemisty Physics Medicine and Peace. The nobel prize was created by Alfred Nobel

Mary Mcleod Bethune Opens School for Black Students

Mar 4, 1904

Felt that education was the key to civil rights so she started a school to educate black people at a time where that was not common.

San Francisco Earthquake

Feb 3, 1906

A magnitude 7.8 earthquake hit San Fransisco for about 1 Min. This caused much devistation for the people about 28,000 buildings were destroyed

Capture of typhoid Mary

Jun 3, 1907

She was the first non-sick looking carrier of typhoid fever and spread it to many people.

NAACP founded

Feb 3, 1909

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was founded on February 12, 1909. After a race riot in Springfield, Illinois in 1908, "The Call" went out to Northerners to find a way to create social equality.

BSA is founded

Feb 8, 1910

BSA was founded and first presented on the media

Volcano in Mount Katmai

Jun 6, 1912

Mount Katmai in southwest Alaska erupts in one of the largest recorded volcanic expulsions in the history of the world. It was designated Katmai National Monument in 1918 as protection against future eruptions. This was spreaded by the media

Babe Ruth joins MLB

Jul 11, 1913

Mass media made Babe Ruth famous

Panama canal is being finished

Oct 10, 1913

The construction of the Panama Canal comes to a close when President Woodrow Wilson begins the explosion of the Gamboa Dike. Mass media helped get this done.

First Transcontinetal phonecall

Jan 24, 1915

Alexander Grahm Bell was given the honor of making the first transcontinental phone call. He called San Fransisco from New York

Airmail began

May 15, 1918

Airmail service is begun by the United States Post Office Department with regular service between New York, Philadelphia, and Washington.

Radio

Mar 1, 1920

Radio was the first way to reach large audiences without physically being represented. This was a huge step in sharing information throughout the world.

First news magazine

Mar 1, 1923

First magazine presenting news invented

Radio Act

Jan 1, 1927

This act required radio's to act in the "pubic interest."

Pennicilin Created

Mar 3, 1928

n 1928, bacteriologist Alexander Fleming made a chance discovery from an already discarded, contaminated Petri dish. The mold that had contaminated the experiment turned out to contain a powerful antibiotic, penicillin.

Empire State building finished

Apr 3, 1931

When the Empire State Building opened on May 1, 1931, it was the tallest building in the world - standing at 1,250 feet tall.

Disney makes color film

Mar 1, 1932

Assasination attempt on FDR

Mar 3, 1933

Around 9:35 p.m., FDR finished his speech and had begun talking to some supporters who had gathered around his car when when five shots rang out. Giuseppe "Joe" Zangara, an Italian immigrant and unemployed bricklayer, had emptied his .32 caliber pistol at FDR.

Fireside chats on Radio

Mar 1, 1935

Roosevelt attempted to sue the masses by advising them through the depression everyday.

Early Cable

Mar 1, 1940

Early cable competed with radio as black and white shows were put on screen.

Digital Computer

Mar 1, 1944

First large automatic digital computer that was built at Harvard

CBS and NBC

Mar 1, 1947

Begin first newscast

Rock N Roll

Mar 3, 1949

New music forms challenging stuff. The kids and teens had their own music and became their own demographic.

TV

Mar 1, 1950

Though invented earlier, in the 1950's TV became an essential way for people to reach mass target audiences. Though it only allowed for one way communication, it still was a significant soucre of information to those that could afford it.

Color Tv

May 3, 1954

Color TV was wapproved by FCC. It enhanced the quality of telecast and alllowed for a better picture and detail.

Cassettes and transistors

Jan 3, 1959

These allow music to become portable. People began taking their music wherever they wanted to.

Continuation from Great Depression

Mar 3, 1959

Rise of a network television viewing. There are more people watching TV and receiving messagies and ads. This helps the economy and the medium of TV.

Rise in FM Radio

Jun 3, 1959

FM radio became about music, very clear and good quality.

Rise on Professional books

Oct 3, 1959

Occupational groups such as businesses are targeted

First Video Game

Aug 3, 1961

Space Wars- video games became one of the highest yearly grossing idustries, eventually.

Cosmo

Jun 3, 1964

Cosmo was a leading magazine that interested women. This magazine paves the wy for specialized subjects in magazines.

Saturday Evening Posts

Dec 3, 1968

Shut down because of competition with television.

Mass Marketed magazines

Jan 3, 1971

People first assemble these.

People Magazine

Nov 3, 1971

Mass marketed magazine.

Columbus dispatch

Mar 3, 1979

First online newspaper with columns that would become popular once the Internet had higher popularity.

Internet

May 30, 1980

With the ability to send information almost anywhere in the world using the world wide web would become essential to mass media as we know it. This would be the turning point for vast amounts of information to be shared and stored.

CNN established

Jun 1, 1980

Media Mongul Ted Turner establishes CNN

CDs Introduced

Jul 3, 1981

People are now capable of burning information onto portable dics and put it elsewhere.

Royal Wedding Telivised

Aug 12, 1981

Millions watch Royal wedding on BBC

Thriller released

Nov 30, 1982

Michael Jackson releases his hit album, media helped make it spread.

Cell phones approved by FCC

Apr 1, 1983

FCC approves cell phones for public use and they begin to integrate them into normal life

Microsoft Windows

Jun 3, 1984

Computers become mroe common and the world speeds up.

PG-13 Rating created

Jul 1, 1984

In response to outrage over films too violent for PG-13 but ot mild for "R" rating the MPAA creates the PG-13 rating

Introduction to film

Mar 3, 1990

Nickelodeons were developed; where underpaid workers went to blow off steam after a long day of work. Just a nickel to watch a short film.

First social media site

Mar 3, 1996

A virtual reunion site called 'classmates.com' which inspired later platforms like MySpace and Facebook. Still has 57 million registered users to date.

First online game

Mar 3, 1998

Dreamcast. Online gaming allows for people around the world to entertain themselves by competing ith or against other people.

MP3

May 3, 1999

Music files are now electronic and can have many songs or files on a small device.

File sharing

May 3, 2000

Allows for people to access music an other files instantly

Social media explosion

Mar 3, 2003

Between 2003-2010 the popular social media platforms we know today came to be in this order: MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and snapchat. There are many related sites to these that have also come to be in the last 6 years and will continue to grow and change.

Smart phones made available

May 30, 2003

The emergence of cell phones was big since you could be mobile and talk to people, but smartphones are even bigger than that. With smart phones people, for the first time in history, have instant new information on them at all times.

Online music stores

Mar 3, 2007

Able to legally buy music online.

Going Digital

Mar 3, 2009

A person hardly has to leave the house to do anything they want