The History of Communication

World's First Daily Newpaper

Jul 1, 1650

First daily newspaper was Leipzig, which was first published in German, in 1650.
AD-People were able to know about others.
DIS- Our lives became more public.

Telegraph Line

Nov 20, 1793

Claude Chappe invented the first long-distance semaphore (visual or optical) telegraph line in 1793 from Paris to Lille. These purpose-built stone towers with Chappe's two signal arms on top came later.
AD- The method of communication developed.
DIS- It didn't use electricity

Morse Code

Jul 1, 1835

Samuel Morse invents Morse code that assigned a set of dots and dashes to each letter of the English alphabet and allowed for the simple transmission of complex messages across telegraph lines. For instance, dash is equal to three dots.
AD- It is still used and studied.
DIS- It was used in the war.

First Long Distance Electric Telegraph Line

Jul 1, 1843

Samuel Morse invents the first long distance electric telegraph line. It worked by transmitting electrical signals over a wire laid between stations.
AD- It didn't take long as before to get the information.
DIS- It was used in the war.

Fax Machine

Jul 1, 1843

Alexander Bain patents the first fax machine. Bain worked on an experimental facsimile machine in 1843 to 1846.
AD- It is the original fax machine!
DIS-It was only experimental.

Mimeograph

Jan 1, 1876

Thomas Edison patented the mimeograph - an office copying machine.
AD- It is the original of the copy machine right now.
DIS-It wasn't sure if it was safe to use.

First Magnetic Recordings

Aug 15, 1899

Valdemar Poulsen invented the first magnetic recordings - using magnetized steel tape as recording medium - the foundation for both mass data storage on disk and tape and the music recording industry.
AD- It was the first communication to use magnetic, and it helped the music industry.
DIS- We rarely use it anymore.

Large Disks

Nov 15, 1926

Warner Brothers Studios invented a way to record sound separately from the film on large disks and synchronized the sound and motion picture tracks upon playback - an improvement on Thomas Edison's work.
AD- It is the early Warner Brothers!
DIS- It was difficult to use.

Modern Communication Starts

Dec 1, 1927

NBC started two radio networks.
CBS was founded.
First television broadcasted in England.
Warner Brothers released "The Jazz Singer" the first successful talking motion picture
AD- The modern communication started.
DIS- Our lives became even more public.

Lightspeed

Aug 1, 1994

American government releases control of internet and WWW is born - making communication at lightspeed.
AD- Internet is way more faster than before.
DIS- Our information could be hacked.