EVOLUTION OF MEDIA

During the industrial revolution The information age, or digital age, is

in Great Britain, there was a shift characterized by global internet use.

to machines like the power loom Communication efficiency improved with

and steam engine, transforming social media platforms like Facebook,

manufacturing for mass Messenger, Instagram, and Twitter. Rapid

production. The era also saw the technological advancements, especially in

advent of the telegraph, enabling microelectronics, led to the creation of

long-distance communication. laptops, netbooks, mobile phones, and

wearable tech.
Industrial Age New/Information Age
(1700s-1930s) (1900s-2000s)

Prehistoric Age Electronic Age

(Before 1700s) (1930s-1980s)
In the pre-industrial era The electronic age commenced

around 4.5 million years ago, with the utilization of electricity,

early hominids discovered fire, powering devices like transistor

created paper from plants, radios and TVs. The transistor's

and used stone tools for invention drove this era, enhancing

activities like hunting. They communication efficiency in radios,

also produced early forms of circuits, and early computers

traditional media, such as through its power.

petroglyphs and pictographs,

using crude stone tools.

SUBMITTED BY: CARIN, LYKAH DIANNE

GRADE 12-E1 STEM