Timeline Evolution of Media

  • 30,000 BCE

    Cave paintings

    Cave paintings
    Early humans used stones, charcoal, and natural pigments to draw on cave walls. These paintings depicted animals, hunting scenes, and rituals. They were likely used for storytelling, spiritual purposes, or to pass down knowledge. Reflection
    It's crazy how we went from this simple things to today with a lot of complicated machineries, it just really shows how our species has progressed so much over the long years
  • Period: 30,000 BCE to 1 BCE

    Prehistoric Age

    The time before the existence of written or recorded history.
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    Industrial Age

    Technology shifted from using hand tools to operating power-driven machines. Most people associated factories and machines to industries.
  • Telegraph

    Telegraph
    Invented by Samuel Morse, the telegraph allowed messages to be transmitted quickly over long distances using Morse Code. This marked the beginning of long-distance communication. Reflection
    This one is quite significant to me as I've always grown interest in these things when I saw it on TVs, This really helped everyone to communicate far distances to contact their fellow people.
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    Electronic Age

    Objects that has electronic components, such as sensors, microchips, which functions once it is connected to an electronic outlet.
  • Transistor Radio

    Transistor Radio
    Transistors made radios smaller, cheaper, and portable, allowing people to listen to music and news anywhere. Reflection
    With this portable device, you can basically hear music and information no matter how isolated you are.
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    Digital Age

    The Digital Age is characterized by the shift from analog to digital technology, enabling faster communication, data storage, and access to information. It revolutionized how people connect, work, and consume media through innovations like personal computers, the internet, and smartphones.
  • World Wide Web (www)

    World Wide Web (www)
    Tim Berners-Lee created the World Wide Web, making the internet accessible to the public. This ushered in the age of websites, online communication, and global connectivity. Reflection:
    Without Tim Berners-Lee creation, we wouldn't have domain and websites, this one was a huge step towards the Internet and Browsing Online