Media Technology

By BillyFarhaan
  • Jan 1, 1439

    Invention of the Printing Press

    Invention of the Printing Press
    Technology allows mass production of printed documents, however most people cant read at this moment of time.

  • Publications of the first Journals. the philosophical journal of the royal society.

    Publications of the first Journals. the philosophical journal of the royal society.
    Published between scientists and engineers. this allows sharing of information and speeds up technological change.

  • First Magazine published in London

    First Magazine published in London
    Technology now allows for monthly printing the fact that they re general interest, shows that more people can read.

  • First Major Newspaper in the UK

    First Major Newspaper in the UK
    Technology now allows for a daily printing. this allows people to react to events the day after they have happened speeding things up. this creates a role of a reporter.

  • Telephone invented

    Telephone invented
    allows real time communication accross long distances, used in commerce.

  • Home telephones

    Home telephones
    available only to the rich

  • BBC begins broadcasting television in the UK

    BBC begins broadcasting television in the UK
    state funded wia license payers. very powerful media. today there are 24 million tv's in the UK

  • invention of the internet

    invention of the internet
    invented by the US military so that if one military base was destroyed, the others could still communicate.

  • cable tv widely in the UK

    cable tv widely in the UK
    allows multiple channels. lays ground work for broadband.

  • first mobile phone goes on sale in the UK

    first mobile phone goes on sale in the UK
    cost £2,000 weighed 1kg half hour talk time. used in business

  • Satelite TV

    Satelite TV
    (SKY) widely available to uk public. High Tech: 100s of channels available also allowed reporting (war/riot) direct and live from the event.

  • BBC Radio Broadcasting.

    BBC Radio Broadcasting.
    state funded at first. first mass media broadcast into peoples homes, millions sold. hitler used radio to broadcast propoganda.

  • first text message sent

    first text message sent
    becomes the most popular form of communication between people 1.2 billion texts sent per month in the UK.

  • Publicly Available World Wide Web

    Publicly Available World Wide Web
    Web 1.0 Used to find information and buy/sell

  • 3G Mobile Available

    3G Mobile Available
    Pictures and video-Allows members of the public to be their own reporters instantly capturing/sharing images anywhere

  • Web 2.0 emerges

    Web 2.0 emerges
    Social networking sights are born-Early ones such as Bebo and Myspace

  • 4G Mobile available

    4G Mobile available
    High speed internet access-Everyone is 'plugged in' to the system

  • Web 3.0 Emerges

    Web 3.0 Emerges
    Intergrated internet which finds/organises/arranges things on your behalf through such things as voice commands-'clouds'