Lesson Objectives:

At the end of the lesson, the learners will be able to:

Examine the technology or resources available during

the prehistoric age, the industrial age, the electronic age, and
the new or digital age; and

Identify the devices used by people to communicate

with each other, store information, and broadcast
information across different ages.
Media Then…
If the Titanic sank somewhere in the Atlantic
Ocean, how do you think the news reached
people in England and New York at that time?

If the Titanic sank today, in what format would

people receive or read the news?
Pre-Industrial Age (Before 1700s)
People discovered fire, developed paper from plants,
and forged weapons and tools with stone, bronze, copper
and iron.

Clay Tablets in Papyrus in Egypt

Wood Block printing
Mesopotamia (2400 BC) (2500 BC)
press (220 AD)

Cave Paintings
(35,000 BC) Mayan Region
Dibao in China Acta Diurna in Codex (5th Century)
(2nd Century) Rome (130BC)
Industrial Age (1700s – 1930s)
People used the power of steam, developed machine tools,
established iron production, and the manufacturing of various products
(including books through the printing press).

Motion picture
Newspaper – The London photography/
Gazette (1640) Typewriter projection (1890)
Telegraph

Printing Press Punch Cards

(19th Century) Motion Picture Commercial motion
with sound (1926) pictures (1913)
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.

OHP, LCD
Television (1941) Projectors

Large Electronic Computers

EDSAC (1949) , UNIVAC
I(1951)

Transistor
Radio Mainframe Computers
PCs HP9100A(1968) IBM 704 (1960)
Apple 1(1976)
 Information Age (1900s – 2000s)
The Internet paved the way for faster communication and the creation of
the social network. People advanced the use of microelectronics with the invention
of personal computers, mobile devices, and wearable technology.
Pre-Industrial Age (Before 1700s)
People discovered fire, developed
paper from plants, and forged weapons and
tools with stone, bronze, copper and iron.
Electronic Age (1930s to 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.
Industrial Age (1700s to 1930s)
People used the power of steam,
developed machine tools, established iron
production, and the manufacturing of
various products (including books through
the printing press).
Information Age (1900s to 2000s)
The Internet paved the way for
faster communication and the creation of
the social network. People advanced the
use of microelectronics with the invention
of personal computers, mobile devices, and
wearable technology.
Activity: “Knowing Your Media at Different Ages”

What format/ equipment did What format/ equipment did What format/ equipment did
Age people use to communicate people use to store people use to share or
with each other? information? broadcast information?

Pre-Industrial Age

Industrial Age

Electronic Age

Information Age
Activity: “Knowing Your Media at Different Ages” (Answers)
What format/ equipment did
Age people use to communicate
with each other?
Traditional paper and
Pre-Industrial Age
writing materials
Industrial Age Paper and pen, Typewriter
Telegraph, Telegram,
Electronic Age
Telephone, Computers
Personal Computers, Mobile
Phones, Smartphones,
Information Age
Wearable technology, Social
Media
What format/ equipment did
people use to store
information?
Traditional paper and writing
materials, cave paintings/
stone tablets
Printing Press or books
Printing Press or books,
Computers
Printing press or books, digital
books, PCs, Mobile phones,
Smartphones, Wearable
Technology, Social Media
What format/ equipment did
people use to share or broadcast
information?
Traditional paper and writing
materials, cave paintings/ stone
tablets
Printing press or books,
Newspaper/ magazines
Printing press or books,
Computers, Radio/ Newspaper/
magazines, PCs
Printing press or books, Newspaper/
magazines, TV, Radio, digital books,
websites, Mobile phones,
Smartphones, Wearable Technology,
Social Media
Given the available media that we now
have in the world, what are its roles
and functions in a democratic society?

In what way does media affect your life

(personal, academic, social, others)?