Mass Media Development

Invention of Printing Press

Sep 17, 1439

Invented by Johannes Gutenberg, this leds to mass production of books, newspapers, magazines, etc. Exact date is unknown.

World's first newspaper

Sep 17, 1605

Exact date unknown.

First illustrated poster

Sep 17, 1796

The lithographic process was perfected.This event leds to flyers, pamphlets, billboards, etc. Exact date unknown.

World's first audio recording by Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville

Sep 17, 1859

Exact date unknown.

Invention of the first motion-picture camera

Sep 17, 1890

The history of film began in the 1890s.

First radio signal sent

Sep 17, 1895

Guglielmo Marconi sent and received his first radio signal in Italy. Exact date unknown.

World's first working tv

Sep 7, 1927

Philo Farnsworth demonstrated working television system in San Francisco.

First email system created

Sep 17, 1978

Dr. Shiva Ayyadurai created first email system at UMDNJ in Newark, NJ. Exact date unkown.

Usenet systems conceived

Sep 17, 1979

System conceived by Tom Truscott and Jim Ellis. Usenets let users post articles or posts (referred to as “news”) to newsgroups. This event is the precursor to social media sites. Exact date unknown.

World Wide Web invention

Sep 17, 1989

It was inveted by Tim Berners-Lee about 20 years after the first connection was established over Internet. Exact date unknown.