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Pre-colonial Traces
Oral and written communication already existed during the Pre-Colonial Period. They were the first to discover a system of communication and information dissemination. Alibata or baybayin was the alphabet that time and it was a form of written communication., and umalohokan or town crier was used as a way to announce news and it was a form of Oral Communication -
The Print Industry and Filipino Freedom
The very first newspaper, Del Superior Govierno, was established. It was written in spanish because its intended readers were the Spaniards. Filipinos learned to write and read even in foreign languages. La Solidaridad was the most popular newspaper which was established in 1889. Jose Rizal's Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo was also established -
The European Film Import
The Philippines imported film from Europeeans. The Lumiere brothers' cinematographe film camera and projectorinvention made its way to Philippine shores via the efforts of a Spanish soldier named Carlo Naquera. Film's primary purpose in the Philippines rooted in the entertainment factor. -
The Broadcast Industry
The introduction of broadcast industry in the Philippines started with the introduction of the telegraph and telephone system in the country. in 1890, the first telephone system of the country began its operations, and the whole archipelago enjoyed this system of information and communication exchange. Henny Herman first operated a small radio station in 1922 at Cebu and called the Electrical Supply Company -
Local Online Media
The Philippines officially connected to the world of Internet on March 1994 through the efforts of PHNET or Philippine Network Foundation. On August 1994, the first commercial internet service provider was launched by Mosaic Communications and MosCom, making it possible for Filipinos to go online. The Filipinos are now enjoying the various benefits of being connected to the world's global village in merely 20 years of the Internet existence in the country.
