Media Timeline Research Assignment

By Sadie_moore12

  • image dissector camera tube (television)

    image dissector camera tube (television)
    The image dissector camera tube was the first television to be invented, by Philo Farnsworth, in San Francisco, California on September 7, 1927.

  • First Film With Sound - The Jazz Singer

    First Film With Sound - The Jazz Singer
    The Jazz Singer was released in 1927, and was a musical drama directed by Alan Crosland. It was the first feature length film to include both synchronized music, as well as dubbed audio, and was considered overly ambitious for the time.

  • BBC's First Outside Broadcast

    BBC's First Outside Broadcast
    The BBC's first oudside brodcast was a shot of the Alexander Park shot on November 10, 1936

  • First Hollow Body Electric Guitar

    First Hollow Body Electric Guitar
    The first hollow body electric guitar was the Gibson ES-150, and was first sold in 1936

  • Comic Books Become Mainstream

    Comic Books Become Mainstream
    During world war II, comic books provided a cheap source of entertainment. Classics such as Wonder woman, Flash and Captain Marvel were popular at this time.

  • First Vinyl Record

    First Vinyl Record
    The first vinyl record was the LP Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto in E Minor, produced by columbia records in 1948

  • First Color TV

    First Color TV
    Sometime between 1946 and 1950, the research staff of RCA Laboratories invented the world's first electronic, color television system. A successful color television system based on a system designed by RCA began commercial broadcasting on December 17, 1953.

  • First Video Game Console

    First Video Game Console
    In October 1958, Physicist William Higinbotham created what is thought to be the first video game. It was a very simple tennis game, similar to the classic 1970s video game Pong, and it was quite a hit at a Brookhaven National Laboratory open house.

  • Television Becomes Acsessable

    Television Becomes Acsessable
    By 1933 they had produced a few televisions and actually had sold a few to private owners by 1940; but development on TV stopped during World War 2, resuming in 1946; by 1950 there were a few thousand TVs in less than 1% of homes. It was around 1960 when TV was in 75% of homes, and by 1970 it was in about 95% of homes.

  • First Cassette

    First Cassette
    The compact cassette, commonly known as a cassette tape, is an analog media format developed in 1962 by the Dutch inventor and engineer Lou Ottens for the Philips Company.

  • Floppy Disks

    Floppy Disks
    8-inch floppy discs were first released by IBM in 1972. They eventually shrunk in size to 5 ½ inches in 1976 and 3 ½ inches in 1982.

  • First Digital Camera

    First Digital Camera
    Steve Sasson invented the world's first self-contained digital camera for Eastman Kodak Co., in 1975, changing the future of photography and transforming an industry.

  • CD's Become Accessible

    CD's Become Accessible
    CDs didn’t hit the mainstream until 1982. But they spent years in development before then.
    Their history goes back to 1974. Philips, the same brand that introduced the cassette tape, was working on the CD as a replacement for records and tapes.

  • Internet is Invented

    Internet is Invented
    ARPANET was a great success but membership was limited to certain academic and research organizations who had contracts with the Defense Department. In response to this, other networks were created to provide information sharing. January 1, 1983 is considered the official birthday of the Internet.

  • MP3 Becomes mainstream

    MP3 Becomes mainstream
    Although the MP3 was ready to be released in the late ’80s, it didn’t hit the mainstream until 1992, and when Napster came out in 1999, the medium really caught fire.

  • First Smartphone

    First Smartphone
    In 1992, IBM announced the very first smartphone. It released the Simon Personal Communicator (SPC) for purchase in 1994. The SPC was the first touchscreen phone.

  • First Iphone

    First Iphone
    The iPhone is a line of smartphones developed and marketed by Apple that run iOS, the company's own mobile operating system. The first-generation iPhone was announced by then–Apple CEO Steve Jobs on January 9, 2007, at Macworld 2007, and launched later that year.

  • Spotify

    Spotify
    The year after the Iphone was launched, Spotify launched offering a way for people to subscribe to hear their favorite music or listen for free with ads. Many platforms followed in Spotify’s footsteps providing similar ways to enjoy the music you love online.

  • Instagram

    Instagram
    The Instagram app was launched on Oct. 6, 2010, and racked up 25,000 users in one day. From the beginning, the primary focus of the app was to feature photographs, specifically those taken on mobile devices.

  • Tiktok

    Tiktok
    TikTok was launched in September 2016 by the Chinese tech company ByteDance under the name Douyin for the Chinese market, and later rebranded as TikTok for global audiences in 2017. The app quickly gained popularity with its short-form, user-generated videos, revolutionizing social media by combining entertainment, trends, and viral challenges in a way that resonated with younger generations worldwide.

  • PS5

    PS5
    The PlayStation 5 (PS5) was released by Sony in November 2020, marking a major leap forward in gaming with its cutting-edge hardware, ultra-fast SSD, and stunning 4K graphics. With a redesigned controller featuring advanced haptic feedback and adaptive triggers, the PS5 redefined the gaming experience, offering immersive gameplay and a wide range of exclusive titles.

  • Chat GPT Launch

    Chat GPT Launch
    OpenAI -- an artificial intelligence research company -- created ChatGPT and launched the tool in November 2022. It was founded by a group of entrepreneurs and researchers including Elon Musk and Sam Altman in 2015.