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•People discovered fire,
developed paper from
plants, and forged weapons
and tools with stone,
bronze, copper and iron CAVE PAINTINGS 35,000 BC -
media is the communication outlets or tools used to store and deliver information or data.The term refers to components of the mass media communications industry, such as print media, publishing, the news media, photography, cinema, broadcasting (radio and television), and advertising.
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PAPYRUS IN EGYPT 2500 BC
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CLAY TABLETS IN MESOPOTAMIA 2400 BC
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C ODEX IN MAYAN REGION
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ACTA DIURNA IN ROME 130 BC
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PRINTING PRESS FOR MASS
PRODUCTION -
PRINTING PRESS USING WOOD BLOCKS
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People used the power of steam,
developed machine tools,
established iron production, and the
manufacturing of various products
(including books through the printing
press)
Example Forms of Media:
• Printing press for mass production (1900)
• Newspaper- The London Gazette (1740)
• Typewriter (1800) • Telephone (1876)
• Motion picture photography/projection (1890)
• Commercial motion pictures (1913)
• Motion picture with sound (1926)
• Telegraph • Punch cards -
TYPEWRITER 1800
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TELEGRAPH
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TELEPHONE 1876
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MOTION PICTURES 1900S
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The invention of the transistor
ushered in the electronic age.
People harnessed the power of
transistors that led to the transistor
radio, electronic circuits, and the
early computers. In this age, long
distance communication became
more efficient.
Example Forms of Media:
• Transistor Radio
• Television (1941)
• Large electronic computers
• Mainframe computers - i.e. IBM
704 (1960)
• OHP, LCD projectors -
TELEVISION 1941
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MAINFRAME COMPUTER
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TRANSISTOR RADIO
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• The Internet paved the way for faster
communication and the creation of the
social network the invention of
personal computers, mobile devices, and
wearable technology. Moreover, voice,
image, sound and data are digitalized. We
are now living in the information age.
Web browsers: Mosaic (1993), Internet
Explorer (1995)
• Blogs: Blogspot (1999), Wordpress
(2003)
• Social networks:
FB (2004), Instagram
• Microblogs: Twitter (2006), Tumblr
(2007)
• Video: YouTube (2005) -
APPLE 1 COMPUTER
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PORTABLE LAPTOP
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SMART
PHONES -
TABLET
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MOSAIC
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INTERNET
EXPLORER -
THEFACEBOOK
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WEARABLE
TECHNOLOGIES
