EVOLUTION

OF MEDIA

PREHISTORIC AGE
(BEFORE 1700s)

Prehistory is the period of human

activity between the use of the first
stone tools. It is a time before there
were machines and tools that help
perform tasks. People discovered
fire, developed papers from plants,
and forged weapons and tools with
stone, bronze, copper and iron.

CAVE
PAINTINGS
(35,000 B.C.)

CLAY
TABLET
(2400 B.C.)

PAPYRUS
(2500 B.C.)

ACTA
DIURNA
(130 B.C.)

DIBAO
(2ND CENTURY)

CODEX
(5TH CENTURY)

INDUSTRIAL AGE
(1700s - 1930s)

A transition to new manufacturing

process in the period from 1760 to
sometimes between 1820 and 1840.
People used the power steam,
developed machine tools,
established iron production, and the
manufacturing of various products
including books through printing
press.
SEMAPHORE
(JAN.1, 1770)

ELECTRIC
TELEGRAPH
(1774)

BRAILLE
(1824)

TYPEWRITER
(1829)

TELEGRAPH
(1837)

MODERN
TYPEWRITER
(1867)

TELEPHONE
(1876)

PHONOGRAPH
(1877 - 1878)

RADIO
(1895)

ELECTRONIC AGE
(1930s - 1980s)

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.

WALKIE
TALKIE
(1937)

PHOTOCOPIER
(1937)

CASSETTE
TAPE
(1968)

MOBILE
PHONE
(1973)

COMPACT
DISC
(1982)

NEW/INFORMATION
AGE
(1980s - PRESENT)

The internet paved the way for

faster communication and the
creation of social network. People
advanced the use of
microelectronics with the invention
of personal computers, mobile
devices, and wearable technology.
We are now living in the information
age.

INTERNET
(1990s)

SMART
PHONE
(1992)

FRIENDSTER
(2002)

MULTIPLY
(2003)

FACEBOOK
(2004)

INSTAGRAM
(2010)