The History of Media

1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000

Media was first Sound became In World War II, The Ford The The use of the
used for school important and was the US army air Foundation microcomputerinternet grows and
museums, used in radio and force produced invested heavily in became veryin universities,
portable exhibits, movies. 400 training films educational inexpensive andthere was usually
stereographs, and 600 filmstrips television. popular in this
the same number
It was critical also
slides, films and for visual time and were of computers as
in the great The construction
study prints. It education. increasingly usedstudents.
depression of computers
was often used for Television began in schools.Computer training
visual education began in this time.
to be a necessity was available.
in the home