Media Technology P1

By birchlands12
  • Jan 1, 1439

    Invention of the Printing Press

    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

    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

    First magazine published in London
    Technology now allowed for monthly printing.

  • First major newspaper in the UK

    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

    Telephone Invented
    Real time communication can now be used across long distances used in commerce.

  • Home Telephonmes avaliable

    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

    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

    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

    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 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

    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)

    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

    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

    Publicly available
    Able to search for thikgs on the internet and also buy things instead of havign to go to shops.

  • 3G mobile available

    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

    Web 2 Emerges
    Special networking starts to arise. Such as social networking e.g facebook

  • 4G mobile available

    4G mobile available
    New high speed internet accsess.

  • Web 3.0 begins to emerge

    Web 3.0 begins to emerge
    The internet became a tool that can now organise and find things for you instead of being passive.