The Evolution of Media through Ages

The 20th century was witness to the birth of

what is arguably the most popular device in the
history of mankind: the television. TV is a
communications technology that has
revolutionised the delivery of information,
entertainment and artistic expression to the
masses. More recently, we have all witnessed
(and participated in) the birth of the Internet, a
technology whose potential makes TV pale into
insignificance in comparison (although, it
seems, TV isn't leaving us anytime soon).
These are fast-paced and momentous times we
live in. I thought now would be a good
opportunity to take a journey back through the
ages, and to explore the forms of (and devices
for) media and communication throughout
human history.

Ms. Jenny B. David – ICT Teacher

 Pre-Industrial Age
(Before 1700's)
In this age, People had
learned or discovered fire,
developed paper from
plants, and forged
weapons and tools with
stone, bronze, copper and
iron.

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Cave paintings (35,000 BC)

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Clay tablets in Mesopotamia (2400
BC)

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Papyrus in Egypt
(2500 BC)

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Printing press using wood
blocks (220 AD)

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 Industrial Age (1700s-1930s)

This is were people

discovered the used of
power steam, developed
machine tools, established
iron production, and the
manufacturing of various
products (including books
through the printing press)
Printing press for mass
production (19th century)

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Newspaper- The London Gazette
(1640)
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Typewriter (1800) Telephone
(1876)
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 Motion picture
photography/projection
(1890)
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Motion picture with sound (1926)

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Telegraph

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Punch cards

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 Electronic Age (1930s-
1980s)
In this age, People invented 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.

Transistor Radio
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Television (1941)

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Large electronic computers- i.e.
EDSAC (1949) and UNIVAC 1
(1951)
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Mainframe computers - i.e. IBM
704 (1960)

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 Personal computers - i.e.
HewlettPackard 9100A (1968),
Apple 1 (1976)

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 Information Age (1900s-2000s)
This is 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. Moreover, voice,
image, sound and data are
digitalized. We are now living in
the information age.
Web browsers: Mosaic (1993)
Internet Explorer (1995)
Blogs: Blogspot (1999)
LiveJournal (1999)
Wordpress (2003)
Social networks:
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Friendster (2002)
Multiply (2003)
Facebook (2004)
Microblogs: Twitter (2006)
Tumblr (2007)
Video: YouTube (2005)
Augmented Reality / Virtual Reality•
Video chat:
Skype (2003)
Google Hangouts (2013)
Search Engines: Google (1996)
Yahoo (1995)

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Portable computers- laptops
(1980)

Smart phones
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Wearable technology
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