The Evolution of Media

By HarrahK
  • 35,000 BCE

    Pre-Industrial Age (Before 1700s)

    Pre-Industrial Age (Before 1700s)
    Cave paintings
  • 2400 BCE

    Pre-Industrial Age (Before 1700s)

    Pre-Industrial Age (Before 1700s)
    Clay tablets in Mesopotamia
  • 220

    Pre-Industrial Age (Before 1700s)

    Pre-Industrial Age (Before 1700s)
    Printing press using wood blocks
  • Industrial Age (1700s-1930s)

    Industrial Age (1700s-1930s)
    Newspaper- The London Gazette (1640)
  • Industrial Age (1700s-1930s)

    Industrial Age (1700s-1930s)
    Telegraph
  • Industrial Age (1700s-1930s)

    Industrial Age (1700s-1930s)
    Motion picture photography/projection
  • Electronic Age (1930s-1980s)

    Electronic Age (1930s-1980s)
    Television
  • Electronic Age (1930s-1980s)

    Electronic Age (1930s-1980s)
    Large electronic computers- EDSAC and UNIVAC
  • Electronic Age (1930s-1980s)

    Electronic Age (1930s-1980s)
    Personal computers - Hewlett-Packard 9100A, Apple 1
  • Information Age (1900s-2000s)

    Information Age (1900s-2000s)
    Cloud and Big Data
  • Information Age (1900s-2000s)

    Information Age (1900s-2000s)
    Portable computers- laptops (1980), netbooks (2008), tablets (1993)
  • Information Age (1900s-2000s)

    Information Age (1900s-2000s)
    Web browsers: Internet Explorer
  • Information Age (1900s-2000s)

    Information Age (1900s-2000s)
    Search Engines: Google (1996), Yahoo (1995)
  • Information Age (1900s-2000s)

    Information Age (1900s-2000s)
    Blogs: Blogspot (1999), LiveJournal (1999), Wordpress (2003)
  • Information Age (1900s-2000s)

    Information Age (1900s-2000s)
    Social networks: Friendster (2002), Multiply (2003), Facebook (2004)
  • Information Age (1900s-2000s)

    Information Age (1900s-2000s)
    Video: YouTube