THE EVOLUTION OF MEDIA

By Angelica Malinga
  • 3300 BCE

    Egyptians perfect hieroglyphics

    Egyptians perfect hieroglyphics
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_hieroglyphs
  • Period: 3000 BCE to 1500

    Early Innovation

  • 1500 BCE

    Semites devise the alphabet

    Semites devise the alphabet
  • 1000 BCE

    Egyptian papyrus, early form of paper

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papyrus
  • 60 BCE

    Acta Diurna [Day’s Events], forerunner of the newspaper

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acta_Diurna
  • 1041

    Printing by means of separate, movable characters in China

  • 1446

    Johannes Gutenberg introduces moveable type printing press in Germany

  • 1468

    William Caxton produces a book in England with the first printed advertisement

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Caxton
  • 1500

    Printing books and pamphlets increases

  • Period: to

    Colonial Era and Early Republic Years

    http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/about

  • First newspapers in Europe

    First newspapers in Europe

  • Puritans establish Cambridge Press

    Puritans establish Cambridge Press

  • Ben Harris prints first Colonial newspaper [Publick Occurrences, Both Foreign and Domestic] in Boston

    Ben Harris prints first Colonial newspaper [Publick Occurrences, Both Foreign and Domestic] in Boston

  • James Franklin exercises the privilege of editorial independence (The New England Courant)

    James Franklin exercises the privilege of editorial independence (The New England Courant)

  • Ben Franklin prints money after calling for paper currency

    https://www.philadelphiafed.org/-/media/publications/economic-education/ben-franklin-and-paper-money-economy.pdf

  • Franklin publishes Poor Richard's Almanack and helps create popular culture in America

    http://www.librarycompany.org/BFWriter/poor.htm

  • Andrew Bradford prints American Magazine

    Andrew Bradford prints American Magazine

  • Sedition Act

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_and_Sedition_Acts
  • Period: to

    Telegraph Era and the Start of the Industrial Revolution

  • National magazines [The Saturday Evening Post]

    http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/about

  • William McGuffey begins writing reading textbooks

    http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/William_Holmes_McGuffey

  • First telegraph line set by Samuel Morse

    First telegraph line set by Samuel Morse

  • Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin becomes the first blockbuster in U.S. book publishing

    Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin becomes the first blockbuster in U.S. book publishing

  • James Buchanan’s Inauguration, first photographed

    James Buchanan’s Inauguration, first photographed

  • First transatlantic cable

    First transatlantic cable

  • Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone

    Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone

  • Thomas Edison invents the phonograph

    Thomas Edison invents the phonograph

  • George Eastman invents photographic film

    George Eastman invents photographic film
    https://www.kodak.com/global/en/corp/historyOfKodak/eastmanTheMan.jhtml?pq-path=2689&pq-locale=en_US

  • Guglielmo Marconi invents the radio

    Guglielmo Marconi invents the radio
  • Period: to

    Industrial Revolution Era and Golden Ages of Radio, TV, and Movies

  • Joseph Maxwell introduces electrical microphones

    Joseph Maxwell introduces electrical microphones

  • Henry Luce and Briton Hadden launch Time, first newsmagazine

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_(magazine)

  • First radio network linkup carries the World Series

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_on_the_radio

  • First TV transmission by Philo Farnsworth

    First TV transmission by Philo Farnsworth

  • Audiotape is developed in Germany

    Audiotape is developed in Germany

  • Digital technology, early Internet technology

  • First large automatic digital computer is built at Harvard

    First large automatic digital computer is built at Harvard

  • Black-and-white television becomes part of the average American home

    Black-and-white television becomes part of the average American home

  • Color TV system is approved by the FCC

    Color TV system is approved by the FCC

  • Rise of FM radio and Stereo recordings and playback equipment is introduced

    Rise of FM radio and Stereo recordings and playback equipment is introduced
  • Period: to

    Cold War Decade

  • J.C.R. Licklider proposes concept of Internet

    http://www.ibiblio.org/pioneers/licklider.html

  • Audiocassettes are introduced

    Audiocassettes are introduced

  • Telstar I satellite telephone and TV signals

    Telstar I satellite telephone and TV signals

  • Neil Armstrong’s walk on the Moon is televised in color globally

    Neil Armstrong’s walk on the Moon is televised in color globally

  • Email is developed

    Email is developed
  • Period: to

    Social Issues Decade

  • Microprocessor is developed

    Microprocessor is developed

  • Vinton Cerf and Bob Kahn, “founding fathers” of the Internet

    Vinton Cerf and Bob Kahn, “founding fathers” of the Internet

  • Bill Gates and Paul Allen, co-founders of Microsoft

    Bill Gates and Paul Allen, co-founders of Microsoft
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Microsoft

  • VCRs are introduced

    VCRs are introduced

  • Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, co-founders of Apple Computer, Inc.

    Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, co-founders of Apple Computer, Inc.

  • Fiber-optic cable

    Fiber-optic cable

  • Hypertext links to Web

    Hypertext links to Web

  • First online newspaper [Columbus Dispatch]

    First online newspaper [Columbus Dispatch]
  • Period: to

    Cable Television Decade

  • IBM PC is introduced

    IBM PC is introduced

  • CDs are introduced

    CDs are introduced

  • Microsoft Windows is launched

    Microsoft Windows is launched

  • MCI Mail, first commercial email service

    MCI Mail, first commercial email service

  • Compaq laptop computer is launched

    Compaq laptop computer is launched

  • Rise of talk radio

    Rise of talk radio

  • Rise of independent film

    Rise of independent film
  • Period: to

    Digital Decade

  • Sir Timothy John Berners-Lee invents the World Wide Web

    Sir Timothy John Berners-Lee invents the World Wide Web

  • Marc Andreessen creates predecessor to Netscape browser

    Marc Andreessen creates predecessor to Netscape browser

  • Direct Broadcast Satellite service is launched

    Direct Broadcast Satellite service is launched

  • Microsoft Internet Explorer is launched

    Microsoft Internet Explorer is launched

  • Amazon.com launches online shopping

    Amazon.com launches online shopping

  • First news blogs are introduced

    First news blogs are introduced

  • Rise of cell phone use and cellular technology

    Rise of cell phone use and cellular technology
  • Period: to

    Age of Media Convergence

  • iPod and MP3 format compressed digital files debut

    iPod and MP3 format compressed digital files debut

  • TV standard changes to digital

    TV standard changes to digital

  • Satellite radio is launched

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XM_Satellite_Radio

  • Skype, a very popular instant messaging and video/voice calling service (VoIP), launches.

    Skype, a very popular instant messaging and video/voice calling service (VoIP), launches.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skype

  • Facebook, the most popular social networking service to-date, launches. It now features a voice and video calling service, as well as a widely used instant messaging service.

    Facebook, the most popular social networking service to-date, launches. It now features a voice and video calling service, as well as a widely used instant messaging service.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook

  • 2005

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bebo

  • Twitter, one of the most popular social networking sites worldwide, launches. This website was very popular in Brazil and India.

    Twitter, one of the most popular social networking sites worldwide, launches. This website was very popular in Brazil and India.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter