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Jan 1, 1439
Invention of the Printing Press
Increased technology allows mass production of printed documents. However this was used by the majority of the world as most people cant read. -
Publication of the first journals
The philisophical Journal of the Royal Society- Mainly published between the scientists and engineers as it help them share information between themselves alot faster and speeds up techonological change. -
First magazine published in London
Technology now allowed for monthly printing. -
First major newspaper in the UK
The update in technology now allows for daily printing. This speeds things up because it allows people to react to events the day after. -
Telephone Invented
Real time communication can now be used across long distances used in commerce. -
Home Telephonmes avaliable
Telephones became available to all homes, however only available to the rich as the cost was very expensive. -
BBC Radio begins broadcasting
It was the first mass media broadcast into peoples houses. Millions were sold as it was very popular. -
BBC begins broadcasting television in the UK
The state funded via licence payers. The media was very powerful. Overall today they are 24 million tv's in the UK. -
Invention of the internet
Invented for the military so taht if a base was destroyed the other can still command with each other. -
Cable TV widely available in the UK
Cable gives mulitple channels the the viewers.
Lays round world for broadband. -
First mobile phone goes on sale in the UK
Cost £2000 and weighed 1kg. It has a 30 minute talk time and was mainly used in business for easier communication. -
Satalite TV (sky)
Sky TV was very high tech, Has over 1hundred channels for the viewers to watch. It allowed reporting of ( war/riot), and directed a line from the event. -
First TX Message sent
TX messaging became the most popular form of communication between people. A massive 12 billlion tx's are sent per month in the UK. -
Publicly available
Able to search for thikgs on the internet and also buy things instead of havign to go to shops. -
3G mobile available
The new 3 G mobile allowed people for the first timeto take photos and video moments on their phones. This gave the opportunity for each individual to become a reporter . -
Web 2 Emerges
Special networking starts to arise. Such as social networking e.g facebook -
4G mobile available
New high speed internet accsess. -
Web 3.0 begins to emerge
The internet became a tool that can now organise and find things for you instead of being passive.
