The Evolution of Media Arts

By LoganLecours66

  • 1920

    1920
    Radio developed the national media culture in the 1920’s in the United States. Jazz's popularity was boosted because of technological breakthroughs.

  • 1930

    1930
    First color sound Cartoon was called Flip the Frog - Fiddlesticks. It was the first coloured cartoon that synchronized sound with the picture.

  • 1945

    1945
    The computer was first made by ENIAC in 1945. It filled a whole room and was the first electronic general-purpose digital computer.

  • 1947

    1947
    Edwin H. Land invented the instant camera, with self-developing combined film and print that produced photographic images in 60 seconds. A colored photograph model would follow in the 1960s.

  • 1951

    1951
    Charles Ginsburg invented the first video tape recorder (VTR).

  • 1953

    1953
    David Warren invented the black box flight recorder.

  • 1956

    1956
    The first computer hard disk was used.

  • 1962

    1962
    Telstar 1. It was a communications satellite launched by NASA. It is the satellite that allowed the first live broadcast of television images between the US and Europe.

  • 1965

    1965
    James Russell invented the compact disk in 1965. James Russell. The cd did not become popular until it was mass produced by Philips in 1980.

  • 1971

    1971
    The PC was first made by John Blankenbaker. With a price tag of $750. After selling only 40 PC’s, the Kenbak Corporation shutdown in 1973.

  • 1972

    1972
    The Magnavox Odyssey was invented by Ralph H.Baer. It was the first home video game console.

  • 1975

    1975
    Steven Sasson invented and built the first digital camera using a CCD image sensor as an engineer at Eastman Kodak.

  • 1980

    1980
    Jerome Lemelson was an inventor that invented the camcorder. He received his first patent in 1980

  • 1988

    1988
    The firewall was co-invented by William Cheswick and Steven M. Bellovin at AT&T Bell Labs. They co-invented the working model for their own company based on their first architecture of the firewall.

  • 1990

    1990
    Cell phones became popular in the ‘90s and early 2000s. As wireless networks improved, especially between 3G and 4G/4G LTE, the technology shifted from cell phones to smartphones.

  • 1994

    1994
    In the 1980s Nintendo was made and was a big thing for playing games. But when Sony released the Sony PlayStation in 1994 it upped the game and was a whole new market for gaming consoles.

  • 2000

    2000
    iPod Touch is a discontinued mobile device designed and marketed by Apple Inc. with a touchscreen-based user interface. It is the successor to the iPod Touch, the first major update to the line since 2015.

  • 2000

    2000
    The best camera phones offer lightning-fast connectivity to the internet as well as a pinpoint shot of the picture you're trying to grab. Some of these high-technology phones can grab better photos than the “proper” camera.

  • 2006

    2006
    The Nintendo Wii was released on November 19th, 2006.

  • 2010

    2010
    In the 2010’s 4G networks over the course ushered in a new wave of mobile innovation. Combined with the rise of smartphones, 4G created the opportunity for apps like Uber, Spotify, Google Maps, Twitter, Snapchat, and countless more to exist. 2010 - NHL Slapshot is EA Sports' first ice hockey video game on Wii, released in 2010.

  • 2013

    2013
    2013 - Grand Theft Auto V is a 2013 action-adventure game. It's the seventh installment of the main entry in the GTA series and the fifteenth installment overall.