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2.1 Timeline

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  • 1436

    The Printing Press

    The Printing Press
    Johaness Gutenberg invented the printing press in 1436

  • The First Newspaper

    The First Newspaper
    Johnann Carolus publishes what's commonly accepted as the first newspaper

  • The Rise of the Penny Press

    The Rise of the Penny Press
    Affordable newspapers like "The Sun" are introduced in the Untied States

  • Invention of the Telephone

    Invention of the Telephone
    Alexander Graham Bell invents the first Telephone

  • First commercial Radio Station

    First commercial Radio Station
    KDKA broadcasts the results of the 1920 U.S. presidential election

  • First Commercial Television Broadcast

    First Commercial Television Broadcast
    First commercial broadcast by WNBT in the U.S. on July 1, 1941

  • The Boom of Television

    The Boom of Television
    After World war II, by the 1950's television had become the primary media replacing radio as the dominant broadcast

  • The Creation of the World Wide Web

    The Creation of the World Wide Web
    Tim Berners-Lee creates the World Wide Web in 1989 and first launches it August 6, 1991

  • The Rise of Social Media

    The Rise of Social Media
    On February 4, 2004 Mark Zuckerberg Launched TheFaceBook renamed in 2005 to Facebook

  • The Takeover by Streaming Service's

    The Takeover by Streaming Service's
    Streaming services like Netflix, Hulu, Apple Tv, Amazon Prime TV, YouTube, and Twitch dominate the media consumption by the younger generations