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35,000 BCE
Cave Paintings
Cave paintings are a type of parietal part (which category also includes petroglyphs, or engravings), found on the wall or ceilings of caves. -
Period: 35,000 BCE to
Pre-Industrial
The prehistoric era is where most traditional media took place. These include clay tablets, books, and newspapers. -
2500 BCE
Papyrus
Paper made from papyrus was the chief writing material in ancient Egypt, was adopted by the Greeks, and was used extensively in the Roman Empire. It was used not only for the production of books (in roll or scroll form) but also for correspondence and legal documents. -
2400 BCE
Clay Tablets in Mesopotamia
Most writing from ancient Mesopotamia is on clay tablets. Damp clay was formed into a flat tablet. The writer used a stylus made from a stick or reed to impress the symbols in the clay, then left the tablet in the air to harden. This tablet is marked with symbols showing quantities of barley rations for workers. -
201 BCE
Dibao in China (2nd Century)
Dibao was a type of publication issued by central and local governments in imperial China. They have been called "palace reports" or "imperial bulletins". -
130 BCE
Acta Diurna in Rome
Acta Diurna were daily Roman official notices, a sort of daily gazette. They were carved on stone or metal and presented in message boards in public places like the Forum of Rome. -
220
Woodblock Printing (220 A.D.)
The first printing press was through woodblock printing, a technique where an image is carved in reverse on a piece of wood and inked or printed into paper. -
1400
The Printing Press
The printing press is a device that allows for the mass production of uniform printed matter, mainly text in the form of books, pamphlets and newspapers. -
The London Gazette
One of the official journals of record of the British government. -
Period: to
Industrial (1700s-1930s)
The Industrial Age used steam power, made iron productions, and moved into mass production of products. The mass production of newspapers were made, punch cards, while computers and televisions were slowly being developed. -
The Telegraph
In 1843, Samuel F.B. Morse built a telegraph system from Washington D.C. to Baltimore. In 1844, The first message, “What hath God wrought?” was sent. -
The Typewriter
The First commercial typewriter was patented by American inventor Christopher Latham Sholes and others. -
The Telephone
Long-distance talks were made possible by Alexander Graham Bell. -
The Beginning of Film
The world’s earliest surviving motion-picture is Roundhay Garden Scene. -
The Cinematographe and The Radio
The Lumiere brothers gave the first public screening of the Cinepatographe, a camera that can record, develop, and project film. While Italian inventor Guglielmo Marcini started developing the radio. Radio is the technology of signaling and communicating using radio waves. -
The First Talkie
Talkies, or motion-picture with sound, began in 1927 upon the release of The Jazz Singer. Before, silent movies were produced. -
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Electronic Age (1930s-1980s)
Efficiency in long-distance communications were better following the invention of transistors. The television, computers, and projectors continued to be developed. -
The Television
The TV is a machine with a screen. It receives broadcast signals and turns them into pictures and sound. It is a telecommunication medium used for transmitting moving images for information and entertainment. -
The Transistor Radio
The first commercial transistor radio was a pocket-sized, convenient hand-held device. It uses transistor-based circuitry. Following their development in 1954 they became the most popular electronic communication device in history -
The Cassette Tape
The cassette tape or compact cassettes made its debut. It is an analog magnetic tape recording format for audio recording and playback. -
The Hewlett-Packard 9100A
The Hewlett-Packard 9100A is an early programmable calculator, first appearing in 1968. HP called it a desktop calculator. -
The Floppy Disk
A floppy disk is a disk storage medium composed of a disk of thin and flexible magnetic storage medium encased in a rectangular plastic carrier. -
The Apple 1
The Apple Computer 1, originally released as the Apple Computer and known later as the Apple I is a desktop computer released by the Apple Computer Company in 1976. -
The First Laptop
The first mobile computer was Osborne 1 and considered the first laptop computer. -
The Internet
The internet's official birthday was in 1993. It is the network that connects computers globally providing information and allowing communication. -
World Wide Web
Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web or a hypertext document management system accessed through the internet. -
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Information Age (1980s-Present)
The very era that exists today which includes the fastest, most efficient, devices. While traditional media is still alive, Information was just a click away, people can easily connect and communicate with each other. -
Google and Search Engines
A search engine is a software system that is designed to carry out web searches. It searches the World Wide Web for particular information specified in a textual web search query. Google is the most visited website in the world. -
The Smart Phone
A smartphone is a portable device that functions as a telephone and a computing device. The first version of what can be considered a smartphone was invented by IBM called IBM Simon. -
Blogs
Blogs are published discussions or information on the World Wide Web with an informal style of presentation and writing. The content in the website is presented in reverse chronological order wherein the new posts appear first. -
Facebook and Social Media
Social media are platforms to communicate through the internet that is built on sharing information, thoughts, making connections, and joining communities. -
YouTube
YouTube is an online video sharing social media platform that is owned by Google. It is the second-most visited website in the world. -
Now
Because of the technological advancements that came before, people became heavily inclined to using digital devices and the internet. Like proven before, society will be seeing newer advancements in technology, information, and media in the future. -
Sources:
https://www.timetoast.com/timelines/prehistoric-or-pre-industrial-age-before-1700s
http://www.moah.org/brains/industrial.html
https://hearmerouyrre.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/ict101 evolution-of-media.pdf
https://www.timetoast.com/timelines/electronic-age-2b908147 ec23-463d-9c80-5cb78e77d8ba Images are borrowed from various sources.