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PRE COLONIAL TRACES
Baybayin is a pre-Spanish Philippine writing system. It is a member of the Brahmic family and is recorded as being in use in the 16th century. It continued to be used during the Spanish colonization of the Philippines up until the late 19th Century. The term Baybay literally means “to spell” in Tagalog. Baybayin was extensively documented by the Spanish. Some have attributed it the name Alibata, but this name is incorrect. -
THE PRINT INDUSTRY AND FILIPINO FREEDOM
In this period, Philippines was introduced to magazines, books, and newspapers like La Solidaridad by the Illustrados during Spanish era. when the Filipinos achieved independence, the Americans came and taught Engish language and other forms of media. -
THE INDUSTRIAL AGE
The Industrial Age is a period of history that encompasses the changes in economic and social organization that began around 1760 in Great Britain and later in other countries, characterized chiefly by the replacement of hand tools with power-driven machines such as the power loom and the steam engine, and by the concentration of industry in large establishments. -
THE BROADCAST INDUSTRY
American colonialization (1898–1946) left a mark on the press and shaped its style: a flourid lingua, a neutral attitude, paired with the contribution of opinionated and popular columnists. Asia’s first radio stations were found back then – possible as the Philippine broadcast media was not owned or tightly controlled by the government as it was all over the rest of the continent. -
THE EUROPEAN FILM IMPORT
Cinematographe film camera and projector
invented by the Lumiere brothers came through the Spanish soldier named Carlo Naquera. Naquera showed several Spanish-language films to selected audiences in 1987. Imported films from America were shown in the early theaters in Manila during the early 1900s. Imported films from America were shown in the early theaters in Manila during the early 1900s. -
MARCOS' REGIME: CENSORSHIP AND CRONIES
Ferdinand Marcos, president since 1965, ordered the closure of all newspapers and broadcasting stations when he declared martial law and abolished Congress in 1972. He wanted to deprive media oligarchs from power, hauled journalists and publishers off to prison. When some newspapers outlets reopened , they stood under strict government supervision. While the oligarchs were gone, media now was owned by either Marcos’ relatives or friends – his notorious “cronies” – an even more concentrated group -
THE ELECTRONIC AGE
is the shift from mechanical and analogue electronic technology to digital electronics which began anywhere from the late 1950s to the late 1970s with the adoption and proliferation of digital computers and digital record keeping that continues to the present day. -
LOCAL ONLINE MEDIA
Internet in the Philippines first became available on March 29, 1994, with the Philippine Network Foundation (PHNet) connecting the country and its people to Sprint in the United States via a 64 kbit/s link. As of 2016, more than 44,000,000 people used the internet in the country, accounting for 43.5% of the total population. -
THE INFORMATION AND DIGITAL AGE
Time frame in history that the use of digital technology became prevalent and of common use throughout the world. The digital age began in earnest with the widespread use of the Internet. Sometimes referred to as the information age, or computer age, the concept captures the ubiquitous nature of computing and the prolific use of technology in almost all aspects of human activity such that digital interaction is a defining characteristic of human activity.
