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Pre-colonial Traces
Like the early ancestors of pilipinos, our ancestors developed a system of communication and information dissemination. In this period we learned the existence of language system. It is when the notable discovery of ancient alphabet called “alibata or baybayin” it very simillar to image-based types of characters of our Asian neighbors. The oral systems was discovered to pass down informations such as folktales or epics -
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Alibata
The ancient alphabet of Filipinos, whose form was similar to image-based charactecs -
Del Superior Govierno
It is the first newspaper of the country and it was intended for the Spaniards only so it was written in Spanish -
Zarzuela
Zarzuela is a Spanish lyric-dramatic genre that alternates between spoken and sung scenes, the latter incorporating operatic and popular song, as well as dance -
Noli me Tangere
Noli Me Tángere (Latin for Touch Me Not) is a novel written by José Rizal, one of the national heroes of the Philippines, during the colonization of the country by Spain to expose the inequities of the Spanish Catholic priests and the ruling government. -
La Solidaridad
It was most popular nationalistic newspaper in the country. -
The Print Industry and Filipino Freedom
In this period, the books, magazines and newspaper were introduced to the Philippines by the ancient colonizers. During this time mostly of the printed products are new to the people of the archipelago in terms of language written in it. Social class divide were implemented, this divide created a literate ruling class that lorded over the ignorant or the uneducated people or lower class. The rulers can easily access the early forms of media and keeping the people in the dark about their ruling. -
The Broadcast Industry
The Broadcast industry started with the introduction of Telegraph and Telephone. The first telephone system of the country began operational in 1890. The whole archipelago enjoyed the new system of information and communication exchange. -
Telephone
A telephone, or phone, is a telecommunications device that permits two or more users to conduct a conversation when they are too far apart to be heard directly. -
Telegraphy
Telegraphy is the long-distance transmission of textual or symbolic (as opposed to verbal or audio) messages without the physical exchange of an object bearing the message. -
El Filibusterismo
In English translation means "The Reign of Greed". It was the second novel of Jose Rizal. -
The European Film Import
It takes two years to successfully launched a cinema in the Philippines. The Lumiere brother’s cinematographe film camera and projector invention made its way to the country with support of the Spanish soldiers. -
The Manila Times
is the oldest existing English-language newspaper in the Philippines -
The Manila Bulletin
s the Philippines' largest broadsheet newspaper by circulation -
Dalagang Bukid
Dalagang Bukid Filipino silent film directed by José Nepomuceno. It is the first Filipino feature film to be locally produced in the Philippines. -
Local Online Media
The country officially connected to the world of internet with the efforts of PHNET or Philippines Network Foundation, a consortium of various academic institution, private companies and government agencies. -
Mosaic Communications
Mosaic Communications, also known as Moscom, or as Mozcom, was the first commercial internet service provider in the Philippines
