New Media Timeline

Greek Drama

500 BCE

Acting was one of the first forms of mass communication. (Broadcast Media)

Diamond Sutra

Sep 17, 868

First printed book. If not the first then one of the first. (Print Media)

Printing Press

Sep 12, 1440

Gutenberg brought the printing press to the west. The printing press gave birth to the first forms of mass communications. It enabled the publication of books and newspapers on a much larger scale than was previously possible.

Newspaper

Sep 17, 1605

World's first weekly newspaper was by a German publisher Johann Carolus. It was called "Relation" (Print Media)

Music Recording

Sep 19, 1877

The phonograph was created by Thomas Edison. It spread across the world and by the early 1900s the most popular songs were selling in the millions.

Radio

Sep 19, 1895

The start of the radio dates back to 1789 (probably further) with trails and experiments by a bunch of people but in 1895 Guglielmo Marconi, an Italian inventor, developed a radio system specifically for communication. (Broadcast Media)

TV

Mar 25, 1925

Scottish inventor John Logie Baird gave the first public demonstration televised silhouette images in motion. (Broadcast Media)

PLATO

Sep 19, 1960

Started as a learning tool for students at the University of Illinois. By 1972 a feature was created called "Talkomatic" it was the world's first multi-user online chat system. (Digital Media)

Internet

Jan 1, 1983

It is the network of networks. Allows computers to communicate with each other. Led to the World Wide Web (WWW). (Digital Media)

Smartphone

Sep 19, 1992

The IBM Simon.