EVOLUTION

THE

MEDIA
OF

PRE-HISTORIC AGE
2.5 M years ago - 1200 BC/
before 1700's
People discovered fire, developed paper from
plants, and forged weapons and tools with stone,
bronze, copper and iron. It is generally
categorized in three archaelogical periods: the
Stone Age, Bronze Age and Iron Age

INDUSTRIAL AGE
1760's - 1820's/
1700's - 1930's
It began around 1760 in eat
Britain. Industrial Age is
characterized chiefly by the
replacement of hand tools with
power-driven machines

ELECTRONIC AGE
1930's - 1980's
People harnessed the power of
transistors that lead to the transistor
radio, electronic circuits and the early
computers. In this age, long distance
communication became more efficient

NEW AGE
1900's - 2000's
The internet paved the way for faster
communication and the creation of the
social network. People advanced the
use of technology. Voice, sound and
data are digitized.
 PRE-HISTORIC
AGE
STONE AGE, BRONZE AGE, COPPER AGE,
IRON AGE, OLD AGE

35000 BC
CAVE PAINTING
Cave Painting is also known as “parietal
art. It is a painted drawings on cave
walls and ceiling which is first used in
Eurasia. Theorized as ways of
communicating for religious or 2500 BC
ceremonial purposes
PAPYRUS IN EGYPT
From “pith” of Papyrus plant and similar
to thick papers. It is first used in Ancient
Egypt. Papyrus is the earliest
archaeological evidence was excavated in
2012-2013 at Wadi al-Jarf (ancient
Egyptian Harbor)

2400 BC
CLAY TABLET IN
MESOPOTAMIA
Writing medium, especial for writing in
cuneiform during Bronze and Iron Age.
Clay Tablet is invented probably by the
Sumerians 130 BC
ACTA DIURNA
Acta Diurna is first used in Roman
Republic and stated results of legal
proceedings and outcomes of trials as
2ND CENTURY
well as Public and Military notices
DIBAO IN CHINA
It is an ancient Chinese Gazette and
also called as “Palace Reports” and
“Imperial Bulletin”. Dibao is first used
during early as the Han Dynasty or as
late as the Tang Dynasty
5TH CENTURY
MAYAN CODICES
Folding books by the Pre- Columbian
Maya Civilization in Maya hieroglyphic
script in Mesoamerican bark cloth. It
220 AD is more durable and better writing
surface than Papyrus
WOOD BLOCK
PRINTING
Wood block originated in China during
Tang Dynasty. It is used in printing
text, images, or patterns in those times

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AGE

1740
NEWSPAPER
One of the official journals of
record of the British
Government is the newspaper.
London Gazette is the oldest
surviving English newspaper
and was first published as
“Oxford Gazette”
1990
PRINTING PRESS FOR MASS
PRODUCTION
Iron presses inspired by earlier
attempts by Swiss
typefounder Wilhlm Hass,
Charles Stanhope built iron
presses that can print around
200 impressions per hour.
1800
TYPEWRITER
Typewriter is mechanical and
electromechanical machine for
writing characters similar to those
produced by printer’s movable
type. It became common in offices
during mid-1880s

1876
TELEPHONE
A telecommunication device
invented by Alexander Graham
Bell. He was the first one to be
granted a United States patent
for a device that produced 1890
KINETOSCOPE
clearly intelligible replication of
The Kinetoscope is an early
the human voice
motion picture exhibition device
and allow viewers to watch
brief movie through a small
peephole. It is developed by
Thomas Edison from his other
invention-phonograph.

19TH CENTURY
KINETOPHONE
Provide music to
accompany the image of
the kinetoscope LATE 19TH CENTURY
TELEGRAPH
System of communication employing
electronical apparatus to transmit
and receive signals. Invented in USA
by Samuel F.B. Morse and in Britain
by Sir Charles Weatstone with Sir
William F. Cooke.
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AGE
RISE OF NEW MEDIA

1947
TRANSISTOR
RADIO
It is a small portable radio
receiver that uses transistors
in its circuits
1920
TELEVISION
Television is used for transmitting
moving images and the primary
medium during 1950
1946
ELECTRONIC NUMERICAL
INTEGRATOR AND
COMPUTER
One of the earliest electronic
general-purpose computer made

1950
MAIN FRAME
COMPUTERS
It is a high-level computer
designed for most intensive
1960 computational tasks
LCD PROJECTOR
Displays video, image or
computer data

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 Information,
Information, Digital,
Information, Digital, Computer
Digital, Computer Era
Computer Era
Era

1900'S
WEB
BROWSERS
A web browser is a
2003 software application for
BLOGS accessing information on
a regularly updated website or web the World Wide Web.
page, typically one run by an
individual or small group, that is
written in an informal or
conversational style.

2003
SOCIAL
NETWORKS
A social network is a social structure
made up of a set of social actors (such as
individuals or organizations), sets of
dyadic ties, and other social interactions
2004 between actors.
MICROBLOGS
Microblog is a broadcast medium
that exist in a form of blogging
that allow users to exchange small
elements of content 2004
WEB SEARCH
ENGINE
A search engine is a software system
that is designed to carry out web
searches, which means to search the
World Wide Web in a systematic way
2005
VIDEO
Video-sharing internet venture

20TH CENTURY
PORTABLE
COMPUTER
It is a computer that is designed to be
transported from one place to anothet and
have a built-in display and keyboard

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