Lesson 3 - Language Register spoken English.

In formal writing, you should spell

out contractions.
~Language register is the level and style of your
Ex. Cannot = Can’t
writing. It should be appropriate for the situation
you are in.
Contractions can be used if you are quoting
~The language register determines the
someone’s exact words in your writing.
vocabulary, structure, and some grammar in your
Ex. children’s classroom & professor’s report
writing.

2. Spell out numbers less than one hundred

Formal Language Register
~Formal writing is probably the most difficult type
3. Write in third person point of view
of writing. It is impersonal, meaning it is not written
Avoid using: I, You, We, Us
for a specific person and is written
without emotion.
4. Avoid using too much passive voice
~Some kinds of writing are always written in
In formal writing it is better to use an active voice.
formal English.
Ex. The cheese was eaten by the mouse.(Passive)
The mouse ate the cheese.(Active)
3 Most Common Language Registers
~The formal register is more appropriate for
5. Avoid using slang, idioms, exaggeration
professional writing and letters to a boss or a
(hyperboles), and clichés.
stranger.
Ex. awesome(slang), break a leg(idiom),
~The informal register (also called casual or
moment of truth(clichés)
intimate) is conversational and appropriate
when writing to friends and people you know
6. Avoid abbreviations and acronyms
very well.
If you use an acronym or abbreviation, write it
~The neutral register is non-emotional and sticks
out the first time When using acronyms, write the
to facts. It is most appropriate for technical
entire name out the first time it appears, followed
writings.
by the acronym. From then on, you can use the
acronym by itself.
Formal Language Register
Ex. Davao Medical School Foundation (DMSF)
Formal writing includes:
For abbreviations, write the complete word the
● Business Letters
first time, then use the abbreviation.
● Letters of complaint
Ex. Influenza – flu , Kilometers – km.
● Some essays
● Reports
7. Do not start sentences with words like
● Official speeches
and, so, but, also
● Announcements
Here are some good transition words and
● Professional emails
phrases to use in formal writing:
Nevertheless, Additionally
Rules of the Formal Language Register
However, In addition
1. Do not use contractions
As a result of, Although
Contractions are not usually used in formal
writing, even though they are very common in
8. Always write in complete sentences
 9. Write longer, more complex sentences ~Some writings are written in a neutral register.
As formal write-ups are usually written by ~This means they are not specifically formal or
well-educated individuals, complex sentences informal.
are commonly seen in them. ~Writing in the natural language register includes:
● Reviews
Informal Language Register ● Articles
~Informal writing is written in the way we talk to ● Some letters
our friends and family. We use informal writing ● Some essays
when we are writing to someone we know very ● Technical writing
well.
~Some kinds of writing can be written in an Language Register for the Linguists
informal. ~Linguists refer to language register as
style. tenor,tone, or style.
~Informal writing includes: ~A register is a variety of language dictated by a
● Personal e-mails particular social
● Phone texts setting.
● Short notes ~Register is considered a language variation
● Friendly letters based on the “use” and not on the “user”
● Most blogs =first used by the linguist Thomas Bertram in
● Diaries and journals 1956 (register as a variation according to the user
~With informal writing, you can include these: affected by other variables like social
● Slang and clichés background, geography, gender, age)
● Figurative language =A person/user of a language register
● Symbols and abbreviations possesses a range of register to suit him at
● Acronyms different types of audience easily distinguishable
● Incomplete sentences from other language variation based on regional
● Short sentences and age dialects.
● First person, second person, and third
person Sociolinguistics
● Paragraphs or no paragraphs ~the study of the relationship between language
● Jokes and society
● Personal opinions ~focuses on how language is used by the
● Extra punctuation (Hi Bob!!!!!!!) individual speaker and groups of speaker in its
● Passive and active voice social context
~“the study of how people use their language in
Neutral Language Register their everyday lives how identities are shown
~We use the neutral language register with more vividly through the words you use, how,
non-emotional topics and information. through language, you intentionally or
~Neutral writing is not necessarily formal or unintentionally create, maintain, or disrupt
informal. relationships with others”
~It is not usually positive or negative. A neutral
register is used to deliver facts.
Lesson 4 - EVALUATING MESSAGES To entertain
~Message should give your audience an
AND/OR IMAGES OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF
enjoyable and relaxing feeling
TEXTS REFLECTING DIFFERENT CULTURES
In oral communication, your message should be
light and short
Critical Thinking
~Whatever medium it is, always remember that
~Critical thinking is the ability to create an
you are pleasing your audience and holding their
opinion with factual supporting evidences that
attention
are rational. It involves visualizing the message,
~Usual platforms – music, movies, television
analyzing the message, and logically assessing
sitcoms, sports broadcasts, social networks, and
the meaning of the message. It is referred to as
entertainment media
independent thinking because you need to
direct, discipline, and monitor yourself before you
To persuade
can attain critical thinking.
~Message should be able to influence your
~To be a critical thinker, you should be able to
audience towards your point
analyze information or messages and sort
~This may be the most challenging purpose of a
through persuasive appeals; discriminate
message because you have to change the
between faulty arguments and valid reasoning;
mindset of your audience and let them believe
follow ideas to logical conclusions, and
the idea you are offering
appreciate a diversity of opinions and
~Usual platforms – advertisements, political
presentation styles.
speeches, political blogs, and social media posts
~Message is the final concept of the idea by the
sender. It may be encoded in various forms like
Critical Reading
spoken words, written words, non-verbals,
~Reading connects from the page to your mind.
pictures, film, advertisements, memes, visual and
It allows you to be as imaginative as you can.
performing arts, etc.
Most people would read for information or
entertainment. Some would read not just to be
Messages sent by different sources have their
informed or entertained but to evaluate and
specific purpose.
weigh the text before they agree and accept
● To inform or educate
the text.
● To entertain
~Critical Reading is a more active way of
● To persuade
unveiling information and ideas presented by the
text. In the process of unveiling, you must be
To inform
aware of your biases and prejudices so that you
~Message should be neutral and unbiased
can honestly evaluate the text. The steps
~Learn how to be vigilant in identifying or filtering
involved in critical reading are: analysis,
fake news on social media by using critical
interpretation, and evaluation.
thinking
~Usual platforms – newspaper articles, magazine
To become a purposeful, active, critical reader,
features, news blogs, travel blogs, radio
you may take into consideration the following
broadcasts, television newscasts, documentaries,
strategies:
online video tutorials, seminars or conventions,
`1. Monitor Comprehension
classroom lectures.
vocabulary, understanding the important idea/s, 5. Recognizing Story Structure
connecting ideas to form a logical conclusion; ~You can draft the story structure by identifying
be open to enhance your skills by applying the characters, setting, significant events,
strategies to fix your limitations conflict, climax, denouement, and resolution

2. Metacognition 6. Summarizing
besides knowing your limitations, you should also this can be used when writing research; you
be aware of how you process thinking; be clear determine what is important or what the main
of the purpose of your reading before starting to idea is in the text and write it using your own
read; while reading, be aware of how fast or slow words
you read and understand the text; after reading,
you try to assess how much of the text were you 7. Critical Listening
able to understand; try to assess what part made ~Listening is very important in oral
it hard for you to understand and then find a way communication. If you do not practice the right
to fix it way of listening, chances are, communication
● Identify where the difficulty occurs will not prosper. Being a good speaker is
● Identify what the difficulty is important but being a good listener is more
● Restate the difficult sentence in your own important. To be a good listener, you should
words practice critical listening.
● Look back through the text ~Critical Listening is a logical process of
● Look forward in the text for information scrutinizing what you listened to. It involves
that might help you resolve the difficulty analyzing, interpreting, and evaluating, just like in
● critical reading. It sometimes involves problem
3. Graphic Organizers solving or decision-making.
~use them to understand and link concepts
~Examples are Maps, Graphs, Frames, Clusters, 8. Be attentive but relaxed
Webs, Storyboards, and Venn Diagrams ~Being attentive means being not only physically
present but mentally present, too.
4. Answering Questions ~Focus on what the speaker is saying by mentally
~asking questions will give you a purpose for screening out distractions
reading critically; you may start by asking explicit ~Make eye contact but do not stare at the
questions first and then move to implicit questions speaker
Four types of questions you may use: ~You can turn your face to the speaker from
● Questions found right in the text time to time
● Questions based on the recall of facts ~You may repeat what he/she has said
that are directly found in the text 9. Avoid interrupting the speaker and imposing
● Questions where you can make use of your ideas
what you already know against what ~A good listener will encourage the speaker to
you have learned from the text say more.
● Questions based on your experiences ~You may ask open-ended questions.
~If you really need to say something, you may do
so when the speaker is finished delivering his/her
speech
~Remember to be as respectful as possible when ~If the statements are too long, try to flash
asking questions or disagreeing with the significant words in your mind to help you focus
speaker’s ideas. on the message.
10. Wait for the speaker to pause before you ask
clarifying questions 14. Give the speaker regular feedback
~Asking clarifying questions shows that you are ~Nodding, smiling, frowning, and other gestures
listening. may be used to give the speaker feedback.
~It is better to clarify some things than to look ~Paralanguage can also be used to show that
foolish reacting or responding incorrectly you are following the thought of his/her message.
~You may ask questions when the speaker ~If you are to give a spoken feedback, make
pauses. sure that you reflect the feelings of the speaker
to show that you understand the message
11. Pay attention to non-verbal cues and look
beyond the spoken message Critical Viewing
~Body Language ~Your generation is a visual learner. You
● Facial Expressions understand better if the message has visual
● Eye Contact representations
● Body Stance ~Critical viewing entails comprehension,
~Proxemics interpretation, and evaluation of the information
~Paralangauge presented by television, film, and other visual
● Vocal characterizers (yawning, smiling) media. In the process of interpreting, you will be
● Vocal qualifiers (pitch, volume) facing symbols like light, sound effects, editing,
● Vocal segregates (uh-uh, mmm, uh) script, music, and more.
~Presuppositions
~Cultural and Environmental Conditions The following can help you evaluate a film, a
television show, or a video:
12. Keep an open mind and be emphatic
~Do not let your biases and prejudices affect the Before viewing:
way you listen to a speaker. ● Know your purpose before viewing the
~You will not be able to listen if you keep on film, television, show, or video.
criticizing the person. ● If you are reviewing a film, predict
~Finishing the sentence of the speaker is a sign of sequence of events, the point of view of
not being emphatic. the creator, etc.
~Show the person respect and let him express ● Connect the film or video with other
his/her thoughts and feelings. media like books, blogs, etc. that
describes a similar idea.
13. Listen and try to visualize what the speaker is ● Concept map the video topic in a
saying self-selected context.
~Create visuals in your mind while listening to the ● Create self-produced guiding questions.
speaker. During viewing:
~The design of your visuals depends on your ● To be able to understand the film or
creativity. video, you can pause it to monitor
 comprehension or rewind to
comprehension.
● You can re-watch the film or video with
new purpose and perspective.
After viewing:
● Retell what happened.
● Summarize the main idea.
● Recall own thinking and/or emotions
during video (metacognition).
● Infer social context with respect to total
views or social shares.
● Separate explicit and implicit ideas.
Lesson 5 COMMUNICATION THEN AND NOW,
COMMUNICATION AIDS AND STRATEGIES
USING TOOLS OF TECHNOLOGY,
TECHNOLOGY AND COMMUNICATION
Technology / Technologies - are artifacts made
out of systematic incorporation of knowledge
and utilized to reach such aims.
How could technology be affiliated
communication?
In the modern days, communication technology
is very prevalent, hence, any technological
advancements would be a great advantage
and could act as an anchor in terms of
long-distance communication.
How did technology elevate over time?
1831 - the invention of the electric telegraph was
the biggest advancement in terms
communication which is followed
telephone, the internet, email, etc.
Telephone (1849) - was invented, within 50 years
of usage, the said device is considered to be an
essential item for homes, especially in
clarify However, tethering afflicted the flexibility and
privacy of the device.
The internet (mid 90’s) - had a revolutionary
effect in communication which includes the
uplifting of near-instant communication via
electronic mail, telephone calls, instant
messages, etc.
Email - Email is a byproduct of the
World-Wide Web (WWW). In approximately
1991, this platform is very useful in terms of the
educational system and military for them to
exchange messages as instant as possible.
Communication Aid (Augmentative Alternative
Communication)
Communication aids are otherwise known as
AAC devices which refer to Augmentative
Alternative Communication.
~A communication aid can be useful in assisting
with
an individual to communicate more efficiently.
AAC has two (2) types:
● Unaided Communication
does not use additional equipment. People
typically use body language, gesture,
vocalization or signing
● Aided Communication
ses equipment – this can range from low-tech to
hi-tech methods and often uses pictures and
symbols instead of, or together with words
of
by the
Types of Communication Strategies
~Communication be verbal, nonverbal, or visual.
Incorporating such strategies will lead us in
having a successful conversation, at the same
offices.
time, avoid the unwanted misunderstanding
~The utilization of technology as we Mail
communicate could also help in anchoring a ~Mail, or post, is a system for transporting letters &
conversation, e.g., Video, Sound recording, and other tangible objects: written documents,
Video presentation. typically enclosed in envelopes, & also small
packages are delivered to destinations around
Communication - the process where one person the world.
is expressing his or her idea & the other one is ~Anything sent through the postal system is
listening to the idea one who is talking. That is called mail or post.
how you define communication. Being expressed ~A postal service can be private or public,
by the talking. have an understanding to both of though many governments place restrictions on
them, therefore there is already a private systems.
communication. ~Since the mid-19th century national postal
systems have generally been established as
Visual communication as the name suggests is government monopolies with a fee on the article
communication through visual aid & is described prepaid.
as the conveyance of ideas & information in
forms that can be read or looked upon. Heliograph
~It is a wireless solar telegraph that signals by
The smoke signal flashes of sunlight (generally using Morse code)
It is one of the oldest forms of long-distance reflected by a mirror.
communication. It is a form of visual ~The flashes are produced by momentarily
communication used over long distance. pivoting the mirror, or by interrupting the beam
In Ancient China, soldiers stationed along the with a shutter.
Great Wall would alert each other of impending ~The heliograph was a simple but effective
enemy attack by signalling from tower to tower. instrument for instantaneous optical
In this way, they were able to transmit a message communication over long distances during the
as far away as 750 km(470 mi) in just a few hours. late 19th & early 20th century.

Pigeon Post Maritime flag

~It is the use of homing pigeons to carry ~It is a flag designated for use on ships, boats, &
messages. other watercraft.
~Pigeons were effective as messengers due to ~Naval flags are considered important at sea &
their natural homing abilities. the rules & regulations for the flying of flags are
~The pigeons were transported to a destination strictly enforced.
in cages, where they would be attached with ~The flag flown is related to the country of
messages, then naturally the pigeon would fly registration: so much so that the word "flag” is
back to its home where the owner could read his often used symbolically as a synonym for
mail. "country of registration".
~Pigeons have been used to great effect in
military situations. Signal lamp
~It is a visual signalling device for optical
communication (typically using Morse code).
~Modern signal lamps are a focused lamp which
can produce a pulse of light. In large versions this
pulse is achieved by opening & closing shutters
mounted in front of the lamp.
Newspaper (Print Media)
~A newspaper is a scheduled publication
containing news of current events, informative
articles, diverse features, editorials, & advertising
~Johannes Gutenberg's work on the printing
press began in approximately 1436.
~The invention of printing press led to an entire
new era of mass communication. Newspapers,
magazines, periodicals etc.
~ This techinique of mass communication
diversified with technology & is still the most used
medium of mass communication.
~By 2007, there were 6,580 daily newspapers
TImeline of Printing Press
1903 - Rubel invents offset press
1907 - Harris brothers create a 2 color offset press
!930 - 4 color press invented
Mid 1930 to 1940 - Aluminim synthetic rubber
begin to be used in offset presses
1939 - smaller offset press introduced
1950 - 5 color printing press invented
1956 - Tower offset press invented in Japan
1962 - more efficient web offset press created
1980 to 2009 - copper, aluminum, and chromium
used in conjunction
1995 - electronic offset presses introduced
2007 - more efficient sheet-fed press created
Oral Communication
~Oral communication, while primarily referring to
spoken verbal communication, can also employ
visual aids & nonverbal elements to support the
conveyance of meaning.
~Oral communication includes
speeches,presentations, discussions, & aspects of
interpersonal communication.
Horn & Drums
~A horn is a tapered sound guide designed to
provide an acoustic impedance match between
a sound source & free air.
~This has the effect of maximizing the efficiency
with which sound waves from the particular
source are transferred to the air. Conversely, a
horn can be used at the receiving end to
optimize the transfer of sound from the air to a
receiver.
Electrical telegraph
~It is a telegraph that uses electrical signals,
usually conveyed via telecommunication lines or
radio. The electromagnetic telegraph is a device
for human-to- human transmission of coded text
messages.
~It is the first form of electrical
telecommunications.
~Later electrical telegraph networks permitted
people & commerce to almost instantly transmit
messages across both continents & oceans.
Telephone
~The telephone, colloquially referred to as a
phone, is a telecommunications device that
transmits & receives sounds, usually the human
voice.
~They are a point-to-point communication
system to allow two people separated by large
distances to talk to each other.
~Developed in the mid-1870s by Alexander
Graham Bell.
~The telephone has long been considered
indispensable to businesses, households & is now
one of the most common appliances in the
developed world.
Photophone
~The photophone (also known as a radiophone)
is a telecommunications device which allowed
for the transmission of both articulated sounds & computers & interconnected by of resources &
normal human conversations on a beam of light. information.
The device was a precursor to fibre-optic ~Networks may be classified according to a wide
communications that came into widespread use variety of characteristics, such as the medium
during the 1980s. used to transport the data, communications
protocol used, scale, topology & scope.
Radio
~Radio is the transmission of signals through free 4. Intranet
space by electromagnetic waves with Intranet is a computer network that uses Internet
frequencies significantly below visible light, in the Protocol technology to share information,
radio frequency range, from about 3 kHz to 300 operational systems, or computing services within
GHz. These waves are called radio waves. an organization.

~Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of The term is used in contrast to internet, a network
oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass between organizations & instead refers to a
through the air & the vacuum of space. network within an organization. The objective is
to organise each individual's desktop with:
Advanced Electrical Signals minimal cost, time & effort to be more
productive, cost efficient, timely, & competitive.
1. Television
Television: (TV) is a telecommunication medium 5. Mobile Phones
for transmitting & receiving moving images that A device that can make & receive telephone
can be monochrome (black-and-white) or calls over a radio link moving around a wide
coloured, with or without accompanying sound. geographic area. It does provided so by
Commercially available since the late 1920s, the connecting to a cellular network by a mobile
television set has become commonplace in phone operator, allowing access to the public
homes, businesses & institutions, particularly as a telephone network. The first hand-held mobile
vehicle for advertising, a source of entertainment phone was demonstrated by Dr Martin Cooper
& news. of Motorola in 1973 In 1983, the DynaTAC 8000x
was the first to be commercially available. From
2. Videophone 1990 to 2011, worldwide mobile phone
Videophone is a telephone with a video display, subscriptions grew from 12.4 million to over 5.6
capable of simultaneous video & audio for Mobile Phones
communication between people in real-time. It
provided the first form of video telephony, later ● 1G - 1st Generation of wireless
to be followed by videoconferencing, webcams telephone.
& finally HD telepresence. Modern examples of ● They used Analog telecommunications
videophones Skpye (Microsoft), Facetime standards introduced in the
(Apple) etc. ● 1980s until replaced by 2G.
● 2G - Benefits of 2G networks over their
3. Computer Network predecessors were that phone
~It is a collection of other hardware components conversations were digitally encrypted;
communication channels that allow sharing 2G systems were significantly more
 efficient and 2G introduced data technologies. The Internet carries an extensive
services for mobile, starting with SMS text range of information resources & services, such
messages as the interlinked hypertext documents of the
● 3G - It introduced Mobile TV, Video on World Wide Web (WWW) & the infrastructure to
demand, Video Conferencing, support email.
Telemedicine, Location-based services,
Global Positioning System (GPS) 9. E-Mail
● 4G - 4G system provides mobile Electronic mail: also known as email or e-mail, is a
ultra-broadband Internet access. method of exchanging digital messages from an
author to one or more recipients. Modern email
Conceivable applications include amended operates across the Internet or other computer
mobile web access, IP telephony, gaming networks.
services, HD/3D Mobile TV & video conferencing.
6. Satphone Some early email systems required that the
Satellite telephone: satellite phone, or satphone author & the recipient both be online at the
is a type of mobile phone that connects to same time. Today's email systems are based on a
orbiting satellites instead of terrestrial cell sites. store-and-forward model.
They provide similar functionality to terrestrial
mobile telephones; voice, short messaging 10. Social Networking
service & low-bandwidth internet access are A social networking service is an online
supported through most systems. service,platform, or site that focuses on
facilitating the building of social networks or
7. Fax social relations among people who,e.g. share
Fax is the telephonic transmission of scanned interests, activities, backgrounds or real-life
printed material (both text & images), normally to connections. A social network service consists of
a telephone number connected to a printer or a representation of each user (often a profile),
other output device. his/her social links, & a variety of additional
The original document is scanned with a fax services. Most social network services are
machine (which processes the contents as a web-based & provide means for users to interact
single fixed graphic image, converting it into a over the Internet, such as email & IM.
bitmap, & then transmitting it through the Example: Facebook(800 million active users),
telephone system. The receiving fax machine Twitter , Google+ etc.
reconverts the coded image & prints a copy.
History of Communication
8. Internet
The Internet interconnected computer networks 3500 BC to 2900 BC
that use is a global system of the standard ● The Phoenicians develop an alphabet.
Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users ● The Sumerians develop cuneiform writing
worldwide. It is a network of networks that - pictographs of accounts written on clay
consists of millions of private, public, academic, tablets.
business, & government networks, of local to ● The Egyptians develop hieroglyphic
global scope, that are linked by a broad array of writing
electronic, wireless & optical networking
1775 BC - Greeks use a phonetic alphabet 1049 AD - Movable type (made of clay) invented
written from left to right. in China by Pi Sheng First bound books.

1400 BC - Oldest record of writing in China on 1450 AD - Newspapers appear in Europe.

bones.
1270 BC - The first encyclopedia is written in Syria.
900 BC - The very first postal service - for
government use in China.
776 BC - First recorded use of homing pigeons to
send messages - Announcing the winner of the
Olympic Games to the Athenians.
1455 - Johannes Gutenberg invents a printing
press with metal movable type.
1560 - Camera Obscura invented primitive image
making.
1650 - Leipzig German merchant and printer,
Timotheus Ritzsch, prints first daily newspaper.
1714 - Englishmen, Henry Mill receives the first
patent for a typewriter.

530 BC - The Greeks started the very first library. 1793 - Claude Chappe invents the first
long-distance semaphore telegraph line.
500 BC to 170 BC - Papyrus rolls and early
parchments made of dried reeds - first portable 1814 - Joseph Niépce achieves the first
and light writing surfaces. photographic image.

105 BC - Tsai Lun of China invented paper as we 1821 - Charles Wheatstone reproduces sound in
know it. a primitive sound box - the first speaker.

200 to 100 BC - Human messengers on foot or
horseback common in Egypt and China with
messenger relay stations built along the route.
Sometimes fire messages are used from relay
station to station instead of humans.
14 AD - Romans establish postal services.
1831 - Joseph Henry invents the first electric
telegraph.
1835 - Samuel Morse invents Morse code.
1843 - Samuel Morse creates the first long
distance electric telegraph line.

37 AD - Heliographs - mirrors first used to send Alexander Bain patents the first fax machine.
messages by Roman Emperor Tiberius.
1861 - United States starts the Pony Express for
100 AD - First bound books. mail delivery.

305 AD - First wooden printing presses invented in 1861 - Coleman Sellers invents the
China - symbols carved on a wooden block. Kinematoscope - a machine that flashed a series
of still photographs onto a screen.

1867 - Christopher Shoales creates the first
successful modern typewriter.
1876 - Thomas Edison patents the mimeograph -
an office copying machine.
Alexander Graham Bell patents the electric
telephone.
Melvil Dewey writes the Dewey Decimal System
for ordering library books.
1877 - Thomas Edison patents the phonograph -
with a wax cylinder as recording medium.
Eadweard Muybridge invents high
photography - creating first moving pictures that
captured motion.
1887 - Emile Berliner invents the gramophone - a
system of recording which could be used over
and over again.
1889 - George Eastman patents Kodak roll film
camera.
Almon Strowger patents the direct
telephone.
1894 - Guglielmo Marconi improves wireless
telegraphy. First telephone answering machines
appear.
1899 - Valdemar Poulsen invents the
magnetic recording device using magnetized
steel tape. Loudspeakers were invented.
1902 - Marconi transmits radio signal from
Cornwall to Newfoundland - the first radio signal
to cross the Atlantic Ocean
1904 - First regular comic books.
Lee Deforest invents an electronic amplifying to
be improving radios and telephones
1910 - Thomas Edison demonstrates the first
talking motion picture. It will be 17 years until
“talkies”
1914 - First cross country telephone call made.
1916 - First radios with tuners begin to broadcast
different stations
1923 - The television or iconoscope (cathode-ray
tube) invented by
speed Vladimir Kosma Zworykin - first television camera.
1925 - John Logie Baird transmits the first
experimental television signal.
1926 - Warner Brothers Studios invents a way to
record sound separately from the film on large
disks and to synchronize the sound and motion
picture tracks upon playback - an improvement
on Thomas Edison's work.
dial 1927 - NBC starts two radio networks.
~CBS founded.
~First television broadcast in England.
~Warner Brothers releases “The Jazz Singer” the
first successful talking motion picture.
1930 - Radio popularity spreads witH the "Golden
first Age" of radio. First television broadcasts in the
United States.
Movietone system of recording film sound on an
audio track right on the film was invented.
1934 - Joseph Begun invents the first magnetic
tape recorder for recording location Audio.
1938 - Television broadcasts are now able to be
taped and edited -rather than only live or on film.
1939 - Scheduled regular television broadcasts 1979 - First cellular phone communication
begin. network started in Japan.

1944 - Computers like Harvard's Mark I put into 1980 - Sony Walkman invented.
public service - the age of Information Science First IBM PC sold.
begins First laptop computers sold to public.

1948 - Long playing record invented - vinyl and 1981 - Computer mouse becomes regular part of
played at 33 rpm. computer.

Transistor invented enabling the miniaturization of
electronic devices.
1949 - Network television starts in U.S and NBC is
the First Network 45 rpm record invented
1951 - Computers are first sold commercially.
1958 - Chester Carlson invented the photocopier
or Xerox machine.
1958 - Integrated Circuit invented enabling the
further miniaturization of electronic devices and
computers.
1983 - Time magazines names the computer as
"Man of the Year." First cellular phone network
started in the United States.
1984 - Apple Macintosh released.
IBM PC AT released.
1985 - Cellular telephones in cars become
wide-spread. CD-ROMs in computers.
1994 - American government releases control of
internet and WWW is born - making
communication at light speed.

1963 - Zip codes invented in the US

1966 - Xerox invents the Telecopier - the first

successful fax machine.

1969 - ARPANET - the first Internet -started by MIT.

1971 - The floppy disc is invented.

The microprocessor is invented called a

“computer on a chip”

1972 - HBO invents pay-TV service for cable.

1976 - First Apple home computer invented.

First nationwide programming via satellite -
implemented by Ted Turner.