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    This document outlines the evolution of communication media over time in 5 sections: [1] Ancient media from 3300 BC to 40 BC including hieroglyphic writing and the Greek optical telegraph; [2] Pre-industrial media from 1040 to 1477 including movable clay type printing in China and the first printed book; [3] Industrial media from 1774 to 1939 including inventions like the telephone, phonograph, radio and early developments in film, television and publishing; [4] Electronic/mainstream media from 1940 to 1986 including the rise of cable TV, transistors, VCRs, PCs and the internet; [5] Digital/social media from 1991 to present including the world wide web, social

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    This document outlines the evolution of communication media over time in 5 sections: [1] Ancient media from 3300 BC to 40 BC including hieroglyphic writing and the Greek optical telegraph; [2] Pre-industrial media from 1040 to 1477 including movable clay type printing in China and the first printed book; [3] Industrial media from 1774 to 1939 including inventions like the telephone, phonograph, radio and early developments in film, television and publishing; [4] Electronic/mainstream media from 1940 to 1986 including the rise of cable TV, transistors, VCRs, PCs and the internet; [5] Digital/social media from 1991 to present including the world wide web, social

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    COMMUNICATION MEDIA TIMELINE

    1. Ancient Media (3300 BC to 40 BC)

    3300 BC: Hieroglyphic writing


    1800 BC: Cuneiform writing
    1500 BC: Alphabetic writing
    40 BC: Greek Optical Telegraph

    2. Pre-Industrial Media (1040s to 1470s)

    1041: Movable Clay type printing in China


    1440: The First Printing Press in the world by
    German goldsmith Johannes Gutenberg
    1477: First Printed Advertisement in a book by
    William Caxton
    3. Industrial Media (1700s to 1930s)
    1774: Invention of Electric Telegraph by George Louis
    Lesage
    1829: Invention of Typewriter by W.S. Burt
    1839: Photography
    1876: Invention of Telephone by Alexander Graham
    Bell
    1877: Invention of the Phonograph by Thomas Alva
    Edison
    1894: Invention of Radio by Guglielmo Marconi
    1895: Silent Movies
    The early 1900’s: Starting of the Golden Age for
    Television, Radio and Cinema
    1918: First colour movie shot Cupid Angling
    1920: Invention of TV by John Logie Baird and First
    Radio Commercial Broadcast by KDKA radio station a
    daughter company of Westinghouse Electric and
    Manufacturing Company
    1923: The first News Magazine was Launched - TIME
    1927: First TV Transmission by Philo Farnsworth: and
    Sound Movies
    1930: Full Color Printing Press
    1939: Packet Paperback Books
    4. Electronic/Mainstream Media (1930s to 1980s)
    1940: Community Antenna Television System, Early
    Cable
    1947: Long Playing Records
    1950: Black and White TV came out and became
    mainstream
    1954: Transistor Radio
    1960: Rise of FM Radio
    1963: Introduction of Audio Cassettes
    1965: Local Cable TV
    1972: Email was developed by Ray Tomlinson
    1973: First handheld Mobile Phone by John Mitchel,
    and Martin Cooper; Fax Machines
    1975: Introduction of VCRs
    1977: Apple Personal Computers
    1979: Walkman (Personal Stereos)
    1980: Color Television became mainstream and First
    Online Newspaper - Columbus Dispatch; Laser
    Printer; Portable Video Recorders
    1981: IBM Personal Computer is introduced
    1984: Stereo TV
    1985: Microsoft Windows is launched
    1986: MCI Mail - First Commercial Email Service

    5. Evolution of Digital/Social Media (1991 to 2021)


    The 1990s to 2000s: Invention of the Internet, Birth of Social
    Networking Sites, and Emergence of Social Media.
    1991: World Wide Web came into being by Sir Timothy
    John-Berners Lee
    1993: Videophones; Digital Radio
    1995: Microsoft Internet Explorer was launched
    1996: High Definition TV Broadcast
    1997: DVDs replaced VCR
    1998: GOOGLE
    1999: High Speed Internet: Yahoo Messenger
    2001: Instant Messaging Services (Beeper)
    2002: Satellite Radio is launched
    2003: PC Tablet; Skype
    2004: Facebook
    2005: Holographic 3D Projector
    2005: Youtube
    2006: Twitter: Russian FB Counterpart VK (VKontakte)
    2007: Tumblr
    2008: Spotify
    2010: Instagram
    2011: Snapchat
    2011: Google+
    2012: FB acquires Instagram
    2017: TikTok [https://pin.it/3sm2sId

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