lution of Media

Events

Egyptians perfect Hieroglyphics

3300 BC

Pre-Historic Age

1500 B.C. - 1500 A.D.

Invention of writing system

Industrial Age

1750 - 1900

Machine writing tools such as the typewriter and the printing press by Johannes Gutenberg.

Electronic Age

1930 - 1980

The Electronic age is the invention of the transistor ushered in the electronic age. People harnessed the
power of transistor that led to the transistor communication became more efficient. Radio and
television sets became popular among homes. The first computer was also made.

Digital Age

1980 - present

Digital Age or Informational Age is a period in human history characterized by the shift from traditional
industry that the Industrial Revolution brought through industrialization, to an economy based on
information computerization. The internet was created.

The Evolution of Traditional Media to New Media

In this timeline, we were going to discuss the evolution of media generation to generation.This include
how media is used during the Pre- historic age, Industrial age, Information age. and Electronic age.

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The Prehistoric Age : (1500 BC – 1500 AD)

Prehistory is the period of human activity between the use of the first stone tools ~3.3 million years ago
and the invention of writing systems, the earliest of which appeared ~5300 years ago.Technology that
predates recorded history. History is the study of the past using written records; it is also the record
itself. Anything prior to the first written accounts of history is prehistoric (meaning "before history"),
including earlier technologies. About 2.5 million years before writing was developed, technology began
with the earliest hominids who used stone tools, which they may have used to start fires, hunt, cut food,
and bury their dead.

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Industrial Age : (1700s-1930s)

The Industrial Age is a period of history that encompasses the changes in economic and social
organization that began around 1760 in Great Britain and later in other countries, characterized chiefly
by the replacement of hand tools with power-driven machines such as the power loom and the steam
engine, and by the concentration of industry in large establishments.[1][2]

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Industrial Devices

The Electronic Age: (1930s – 1980s)

The Electronic age is the invention of the transistor ushered in the electronic age. People harnessed the
power of transistor that led to the transistor communication became more efficient.

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DIGITAL AGE (1900s-2000s)

Digital Age or Informational Age is a period in human history characterized by the shift from traditional
industry that the Industrial Revolution brought through industrialization, to an economy based on
information computerization.The internet paved the way advanced the used of microelectronics with
the invention of personal computers, devices wearable technology. Moreover, voice, image, sounds, and
data are digitalized.

Digital Devices

We need to consider and give emphasize from prehistoric age into digital age because of new
innovations from the simplest going to complex invention. Without this era that passing by, there's no
new technologies that occur at the present in for the next generation.

3,000 BCE

Writing was developed

Writing was developed

"He who destroys a good book kills reason itself."

–John Milton In recorded history, writing is one of the first channels ever used by man.

3,000 BCE

Rock Carving

Rock Carving

Stone carving is an activity where pieces of rough natural stone are shaped by the controlled removal of
stone. Owing to the permanence of the material, stone work has survived which was created during our
prehistory. This is done because paper is yet to be discovered at that time. They used it to
communicate,store informations and express art.

Period: 3,000 BCE to 1500

Pre-Historic Age

2,956 BCE

Cave Paintings

Cave Paintings

are painted drawings on cave walls or ceilings, mainly of prehistoric origin. These are painted by
cavemans as decoration and information storage. The caves where they painted the cave paintings are
also their home.

2,000 BCE

Manuscript

Manuscript

is any document written by hand or typewritten, as opposed to being mechanically printed or

reproduced in some indirect or automated way. These are old writings that are written in paper. Mosty
for educational purposes.

1,500 BCE

Cuneiform

Cuneiform
is a system of writing It's a form of writing done by the Sumerians. It was developed in Uruk as cultural
contributions.

200 BCE

Mail Service

Mail Service

"The more we elaborate our means of communication, the less we communicate."

–J.B. Priestly Although mailing was invented long ago, it was the dominant channel for communication
during the medieval era; it was used so widely that courier service became a profession. People used
couriers on horseback as their channel to communicate with distant receivers.

1400

Paper and Pen

Paper and Pen

''Writing is easy: all you do is sit staring at a blank sheet of paper until drops of blood form on your
forehead.'' -Gene Fowler Tsai Lun invents the paper. The invention of paper drastically improved our
communication experience. Alongside with writing, civilizations made books, letters and many more
tools we use in modern communication.

Period: 1400 to 1800

Industrial Era

1450

The Printing Press

The Printing Press

"It is a newspaper's duty to print the news and raise hell."

–The Chicago Times The printing press was invented. This invention sparked a revolution in
communication methods as it offered a lot of efficient ways to spread information. e.g. Newspaper,
printed books, etc.
1500

Typewriter

Typewriter

A typewriter is a mechanical or electromechanical machine for writing characters similar to those

produced by printer's movable type. It was used by writers for art and literature. It also serves as a form
of letter writing which can then be used for communication.

1598

Magazine

Magazine

A magazine is a publication, usually a periodical publication, which is printed or electronically published

Magazines are generally published on a regular basis. It was massively produced and used to by people
and get connected with other figures of the society.

1600

Telegraph

Telegraph

any device or system that allows the transmission of information by coded signal over distance. Used as
a code maker. It was mostly known for morse code

1620

Newspapers

Newspapers

is a serial publication containing news about current events, other informative articles about politics,
sports, arts, and so on, and advertising. Used to get information with current affairs. It serves as a
written form of information storage
Period: 1800 to 1970

Electronic age

1849

Telephone

Telephone

a telecommunications device that permits two or more users to conduct a conversation when they are
too far apart to be heard directly Used by people to get connected with others and communicate
despite the distance.

1894

Film

Film

A film, also called a movie, motion picture, theatrical film, or photoplay, is a series of still images which,
when shown on a screen, creates the illusion of moving images . Film is done to portray characters and
stories. It also servews as a form of communication.

1895

Radio

Radio

Radio is the technology of using radio waves to carry information, such as sound, by systematically
modulating properties of electromagnetic energy waves . Radio is used by people to get updated and
get connected with the current happenings by listening to the person speaking through the radio.It also
has another form wherew it can be used to transmit messages like walkie takie for ex.

1902

Satellite

Satellite
A satellite is a useful channel for communication It's a machine in the outer space which can transmit
informations and messages further than any normal means of communication.

1938

Computers

Computers

A computer is a device that can be instructed to carry out an arbitrary set of arithmetic or logical
operations automatically. Computers are multipurpose machines and are very helpful to communication
and storing information.

1958

Video Tape

Video Tape

Videotape is magnetic tape used for storing video and usually sound in addition. Video tapes are a form
of visual storage information and can be usde to present previous data stored within it.

Period: 1971 to 2017

Information Era

1972

Mass Media

Mass Media

The mass media is a diversified collection of media technologies that reach a large audience via mass
communication. It's a form of communication which has a wide span of coverage that the people can
receive.

1990

The Internet

The Internet

The internet or Internet is the global system of interconnected computer networks that use the Internet
protocol suite (TCP/IP) to link devices worldwide. The internet is a worldwide form of information
transmitter and connects everyone in the world with the help of computers and other devices.

1991

Phone
Phone

A mobile phone is a portable telephone that can make and receive calls over a radio frequency link while
the user is moving within a telephone service area. Phones are both used in communicating by
messaging and calling or through online with the help of the internet.

1992

Websites

Websites

A website is a collection of related web pages, including multimedia content, typically identified with a
common domain name, and published on at least one web server. Websites serves as a much more
direct form of communication in the internet since it focuses on one site.

2000

Social Media

Social Media

Social media are interactive Web 2.0 Internet-based applications. User-generated content, such as text
posts or comments, digital photos or videos, and data generated through all online interactions, are the
lifeblood of social media. Social Media is the most commonly used and popular to the millenials as a
form of communication.

2003

Video Call

Video Call

People would use cameras to communicate with distant people. Video call's are the same as calling but
has the capacity to communicate with others visually.

THE EVOLUTION OF TRADITIONAL TO NEW MEDIA

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In History

Period: Jan 1, 1600 to Jan 1, 1700

PRE-INDUSTRIAL AGE
1700

PRE-INDUSTRIAL AGE

People discovered fire, developed paper from plants, and forged weapons and tools with stone, bronze,
copper and iron.

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1700

CODEX

CODEX

A codex, plural codices, is a book constructed of a number of sheets of paper, vellum, papyrus, or similar
materials, with hand-written contents.

1700

ACTA DIURNA

ACTA DIURNA

Acta Diurna were daily Roman official notices, a sort of daily gazette. They were carved on stone or
metal and presented in message boards in public places like the Forum of Rome.

1700

DIBAO

DIBAO

Dibao, sometimes called headmen or constables, were local officials in Qing and early Republican China,
typically selected from among the prominent landowners. Working in communities of around 100
households, they were charged with overseeing boundaries and land disputes.

1700

INDUSTRIAL AGE

People used the power of steam, developed machine tools, established iron production, and the
manufacturing of various products (including books through the printing press).
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1700

CLAY TABLETS

CLAY TABLETS

In the Ancient Near East, clay tablets were used as a writing medium, especially for writing in cuneiform,
throughout the Bronze Age and well into the Iron Age. Cuneiform characters were imprinted on a wet
clay tablet with a stylus often made of reed (reed pen).

1700

PRINTING PRESS USING WOOD BLOCKS

PRINTING PRESS USING WOOD BLOCKS

Woodblock printing is a technique for printing text, images or patterns used widely throughout East Asia
and originating in China in antiquity as a method of printing on textiles and later paper.

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1700

PAPYRUS

PAPYRUS

Papyrus is a material similar to thick paper that was used in ancient times as writing surface. It was
made from the pith of the papyrus plant, Cyperus papyrus, a wetland sedge.

1700

CAVE PAINTINGS

CAVE PAINTINGS
Cave paintings (also known as "parietal art") are painted drawings on cave walls or ceilings, mainly of
prehistoric origin, dated to some 40,000 years ago (around 38,000 BCE) in Eurasia.

Period: Jan 2, 1700 to Jan 1, 1930

INDUSTRIAL AGE

1715

NEWSPAPER

NEWSPAPER

A printed publication (usually issued daily or weekly) consisting of folded unstapled sheets and
containing news, feature articles, advertisements, and correspondence.

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1800

TYPEWRITER

TYPEWRITER

An electric, electronic, or manual machine with keys for producing printlike characters one at a time on
paper inserted around a roller.

1855

TELEGRAPH

TELEGRAPH

A system for transmitting messages from a distance along a wire, especially one creating signals by
making and breaking an electrical connection.

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1876

TELEPHONE

TELEPHONE

A system that converts acoustic vibrations to electrical signals in order to transmit sound, typically
voices, over a distance using wire or radio.

1890

PUNCH CARDS

PUNCH CARDS

A card perforated according to a code, for controlling the operation of a machine, used in voting
machines and formerly in programming and entering data into computers.

Period: Jan 1, 1900 to Jan 1, 2000

INFORMATION/DIGITAL AGE

1913

COMMERCIAL MOTION PICTURE

COMMERCIAL MOTION PICTURE

A film, also called a movie, motion picture, theatrical film, or photoplay, is a series of still images which,
when shown on a screen, creates the illusion of moving images due to the phi phenomenon.

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1926

MOTION PICTURES WITH SOUND

MOTION PICTURES WITH SOUND

A sound film is a motion picture with synchronized sound, or sound technologically coupled to image, as
opposed to a silent film. The first known public exhibition of projected sound films took place in Paris in
1900, but decades passed before sound motion pictures were made commercially practical.
Period: Jan 2, 1930 to Jan 1, 1980

ELECTRONIC AGE

1941

TELEVISION

TELEVISION

A system for transmitting visual images and sound that are reproduced on screens, chiefly used to
broadcast programs for entertainment, information, and education.

1949

LARGE ELECTRONIC COMPUTERS

LARGE ELECTRONIC COMPUTERS

Was amongst the earliest electronic general-purpose computers made. It was Turing-complete, digital
and able to solve "a large class of numerical problems" through reprogramming.

1960

MAINFRAME COMPUTERS

MAINFRAME COMPUTERS

Mainframe computers (colloquially referred to as "big iron") are computers used primarily by large
organizations for critical applications, bulk data processing, such as census, industry and consumer
statistics, enterprise resource planning, and transaction processing.

1976

PERSONAL COMPUTERS

PERSONAL COMPUTERS

Apple Computer 1, also known later as the Apple I, or Apple-1, is a desktop computer released by the
Apple Computer Company (now Apple Inc.) in 1976. It was designed and hand-built by Steve Wozniak.
Wozniak's friend Steve Jobs had the idea of selling the computer.

1980

PORTABL COMPUTERS

PORTABL COMPUTERS
A portable computer is a personal computer that is designed to be easily transported and relocated, but
is larger and less convenient to transport than a notebook computer. The earliest PCs designed for easy
transport were called portables.

1995

BLOGS

BLOGS

A regularly updated website or web page, typically one run by an individual or small group, that is
written in an informal or conversational style.

1995

WEB BROWSERS

WEB BROWSERS

Internet Explorer is a series of graphical web browsers developed by Microsoft and included in the
Microsoft Windows line of operating systems, starting in 1995. It was first released as part of the add-on
package Plus! for Windows 95 that year.

2000

WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY

WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY

Wearable technology (also called wearable gadgets) is a category of technology devices that can be
worn by a consumer and often include tracking information related to health and fitness. Other
wearable tech gadgets include devices that have small motion sensors to take photos and sync with your
mobile devices.

2004

SOCIAL NETWORK

SOCIAL NETWORK

A dedicated website or other application that enables users to communicate with each other by posting
information, comments, messages, images, etc.

2006

MICROBLOGS

MICROBLOGS
A social media site to which a user makes short, frequent posts.