MEDIA AND INFORMATION LITERACY

THE EVOLUTION OF

TRADITIONAL TO

NEW MEDIA
The Evolution of Media through Ages
1. Pre-Industrial Age (Before 1700's)

In the Pre-Industrial Age, people had discovered the

following developments:

• creating fire
• making paper out of plants
• forging weapons and tools with stone, bronze,

copper and iron

1. Pre-Industrial Age (Before 1700's)

Papyrus in Egypt (25, 00 BC)

Cave Paintings (35, 00 BC)
1. Pre-Industrial Age (Before 1700's)

Clay Tablets in Mesopotamia (2400 BC) Printing press using wood blocks

(220 AD)
2. Industrial Age (1700s-1930s)

The Industrial Age is when people discovered the

following:

• using power steam,

• developing machine tools,
• establishing iron production,
• manufacturing various products, and
• publishing books through printing press.
2. Industrial Age (1700s-1930s)

Printing press (19th Century)

2. Industrial Age (1700s-1930s)

Typewriter (1800)
Telephone (1875)

Motion Newspaper (1640)

Picture (1875)
3. Electronic Age (1930s-1980s)
In the Electronic Age, people paved way for the following

developments:
• inventing the transistor
• harnessing the power of transistors that led to the invention of:
• transistor radio
• electronic circuits
• early computers
• improvement of the efficiency of the long-distance

communication
2. Industrial Age (1700s-1930s)

Transistor
Television (1941)
Radio

Mainframe computers
IBM 704 (1960)
4. Information Age (1900s-2000s)

The era where we now live in, the Information Age,

is when the Internet has opened more opportunities

for faster, real-time communication, including the

advent of social network.

4. Information Age (1900s-2000s)

Technology users have enjoyed the benefits of

microelectronics with the invention of the following:

• personal computers,
• mobile devices, and
• wearable technology.
4. Information Age (1900s-2000s)

Moreover, digitization of voice, images,

sound and data is prevalent in this age

with the help of technology advancements

and artificial intelligence (AI).