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Media Information Literacy Quarter 1 Module 3
Media Information Literacy Quarter 1 Module 3
Media Information Literacy Quarter 1 Module 3
Kagawaran ng Edukasyon
Rehiyon XI
SANGAY NG LUNGSOD NG DABAW
LUNGSOD NG DABAW
MAPULA NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Brgy. Mapula, Paquibato Dist., Davao City
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Are you aware of what is happening in your community? Are you still updated with the current issues
that our country is facing today? If yes, good to hear that! I bet you have your cellphone, television or radio with
you to stay updated on what is happening around. Did you ever wonder how people from the past receive and
deliver information or data?
As media and information evolve throughout the history, it provided people with a better and faster
access to information that is easier to adopt and to manipulate.
Below are the different tools that were used in various eras in the history of communication.
Examples:
Cave paintings (also known as “parietal art”) are numerous paintings and
engravings found on cave walls or ceilings around 38 000 BCE.
Other examples:
Acta Diurna in Rome (130 BC)
Dibao in China (2nd Century)
Codex in the Mayan region (5th Century)
Printing press using wood blocks (220 AD)
Examples:
A printing press is typically used for texts. It is a device that applies pressure to
an inked surface resting upon a print medium (like paper or cloth).
Other Examples:
• Newspaper- The London Gazette (1640)
• Typewriter (1800)
• Telephone (1876)
• Motion picture photography/projection (1890)
• Commercial motion pictures (1913)
• Motion picture with sound (1926)
• Punch cards
Examples:
Other Examples:
• Television (1941)
• Personal computers - i.e. Hewlett Packard 9100A (1968), Apple 1 (1976)
• OHP, LCD projectors
Examples: