-
35,000 BCE
PRE-INDUSTRIAL AGE (BEFORE 1700)
•People discovered fire,
developed paper from
plants, and forged weapons
and tools with stone,
bronze, copper and iron CAVE PAINTINGS 35,000 BC -
Period: 35,000 BCE to
"THE EVOLUTION OF MEDIA
media is the communication outlets or tools used to store and deliver information or data.The term refers to components of the mass media communications industry, such as print media, publishing, the news media, photography, cinema, broadcasting (radio and television), and advertising. -
2500 BCE
PRE-INDUSTRIAL AGE (BEFORE 1700)
PAPYRUS IN EGYPT 2500 BC -
2400 BCE
PRE-INDUSTRIAL AGE (BEFORE 1700)
CLAY TABLETS IN MESOPOTAMIA 2400 BC -
1500 BCE
PRE-INDUSTRIAL AGE (BEFORE 1700)
C ODEX IN MAYAN REGION -
130 BCE
PRE-INDUSTRIAL AGE (BEFORE 1700)
ACTA DIURNA IN ROME 130 BC -
1450
INDUSTRIAL AGE (1700S TO 1930S)
PRINTING PRESS FOR MASS
PRODUCTION -
PRE-INDUSTRIAL AGE (BEFORE 1700)
PRINTING PRESS USING WOOD BLOCKS -
INDUSTRIAL AGE (1700S TO 1930S)
People used the power of steam,
developed machine tools,
established iron production, and the
manufacturing of various products
(including books through the printing
press)
Example Forms of Media:
• Printing press for mass production (1900)
• Newspaper- The London Gazette (1740)
• Typewriter (1800) • Telephone (1876)
• Motion picture photography/projection (1890)
• Commercial motion pictures (1913)
• Motion picture with sound (1926)
• Telegraph • Punch cards -
The industrial age (1700-1930)
TYPEWRITER 1800 -
The industrial age (1700-1930)
TELEGRAPH -
The industrial age (1700-1930)
TELEPHONE 1876 -
The industrial age (1700-1930)
MOTION PICTURES 1900S -
ELECTRONIC AGE (1930S TO 1980S)
The invention of the transistor
ushered in the electronic age.
People harnessed the power of
transistors that led to the transistor
radio, electronic circuits, and the
early computers. In this age, long
distance communication became
more efficient.
Example Forms of Media:
• Transistor Radio
• Television (1941)
• Large electronic computers
• Mainframe computers - i.e. IBM
704 (1960)
• OHP, LCD projectors -
ELECTRONIC AGE (1930S TO 1980S)
TELEVISION 1941 -
ELECTRONIC AGE (1930S TO 1980S)
MAINFRAME COMPUTER -
ELECTRONIC AGE (1930S TO 1980S)
TRANSISTOR RADIO -
NEW/ INFORMATION AGE (1900S TO 2000S)
• The Internet paved the way for faster
communication and the creation of the
social network the invention of
personal computers, mobile devices, and
wearable technology. Moreover, voice,
image, sound and data are digitalized. We
are now living in the information age.
Web browsers: Mosaic (1993), Internet
Explorer (1995)
• Blogs: Blogspot (1999), Wordpress
(2003)
• Social networks:
FB (2004), Instagram
• Microblogs: Twitter (2006), Tumblr
(2007)
• Video: YouTube (2005) -
ELECTRONIC AGE (1930S TO 1980S)
APPLE 1 COMPUTER -
NEW/ INFORMATION AGE (1900S TO 2000S)
PORTABLE LAPTOP -
NEW/ INFORMATION AGE (1900S TO 2000S)
SMART
PHONES -
NEW/ INFORMATION AGE (1900S TO 2000S)
TABLET -
NEW/ INFORMATION AGE (1900S TO 2000S)
MOSAIC -
NEW/ INFORMATION AGE (1900S TO 2000S)
INTERNET
EXPLORER -
NEW/ INFORMATION AGE (1900S TO 2000S)
THEFACEBOOK -
NEW/ INFORMATION AGE (1900S TO 2000S)
WEARABLE
TECHNOLOGIES
