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Pre-Colonial Traces
Like the early ancestors of humankind, our ancestors also developed a system of communication and information dissemination. The existence of of a language system in pre-Colonial Philippines was already in place in the form of written word. the most notable discovery of which is the ancient alphabet called alibata or baybayin whose form was similar to image based types of characters. the broadcast system of information dissemination in ancient times could be traced to the umalohokan ortown'scry -
The Print Industry and Filipino Freedom
Books, magazines, and newspapers were brought to the Philippines by the ancient colonizers. Early Filipino revolutionaries recognized this literacy divide and schooled themselves by learning how to read and write in their language and the foreign one as well. this is why the first newspapers sprouted. La Solidaridad was the most popular of these nationalistic newspapers published in 1889. Jose rizal also wrote El Filibusterismo and Noli me Tangere to criticize the Spanish Rule. -
The Broadcast Industry
The first telephone system of the country began its operation during 1890. The Filipinos were fascinated by this system of information and communication exchange. Americans took over the operations of these telephones and telegraph systems during the local colonial government. Riding with these systems, early radio broadcasting experiments started in 1920. -
The European Film Import
European Film is imported to the Philippines. two years after successfully launching cinema. A Spanish soldier named Carlo Naquera made an effort to bring the Lumiere brother's cinematography film camera and projector invention to the shore of Philippines. It was then he brought several Spanish-language to show the select audience and entertainment during 1897 -
Local Online Media
The Philippines officially connected to the world of the internet on March 1994 through the efforts of PHNET or Philippine Network Foundation, a consortium of various academic institutions, private companies, and government agencies. A few commercial companies also belonged in the consortium. On August 1994, the first commercial Internet Service provider was launched by Mosaic Communications or MosCOm, making it possible for Filipinos to go online.
