EVOLUTION

OF MEDIA IN
THE
PHILIPPINES
1500
PRE-COLONIAL TRACES
Baybayin or Alibata (known in Unicode as the Tagalog
script) is a pre-Hispanic Philippine writing system that
originated from the Javanese script Old Kawi. The
writing system is a member of the Brahmic family and is
believed to be in use as early as the 14th century. It
continued to be in use during the Spanish colonization of
the Philippines up until the late 19th Century. The term
baybayin literally means spelling. Closely related scripts
are Hanunoo, Buhid, and Tagbanwa.
1811
THE PRINT INDUSTRY AND THE FILIPINO
FREEDOM
This is where Philippines was introduced to books,
magazines, and newspapers like "La Solidaridad" by the
Spaniards who colonized the Philippines for about 333
years. When the Filipinos got the freedom, the
Americans then taught English language and other forms
of media like newspapers. On the other hand, the
Japanese put media run under tight control until the
country was liberated form the Japanese rule.
1860
THE INDUSTRIAL AGE
Hand tools and power-driven machines are starting to
develop in this age. The printing press spread within
several decades to over two hundred cities in a dozen
European countries.In the 16th century, with presses
spreading further afield, their output rose tenfold to an
estimated 150 to 200 million copies.The operation of a
press became synonymous with the enterprise of printing,
and lent its name to a new branch of media, "the press".