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Evolution of Media

The document outlines four ages in the evolution of media: the Pre-Industrial Age, the Industrial Age, the Electronic Age, and the Information Age. Each age saw important developments in media and communication technologies. The Pre-Industrial Age saw early forms of communication like cave paintings and clay tablets. The Industrial Age brought developments like the printing press and newspaper. The Electronic Age was defined by inventions like the transistor and television. Finally, the Information Age has been driven by the Internet and digital technologies like smartphones, social media, and cloud computing.

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Evolution of Media

The document outlines four ages in the evolution of media: the Pre-Industrial Age, the Industrial Age, the Electronic Age, and the Information Age. Each age saw important developments in media and communication technologies. The Pre-Industrial Age saw early forms of communication like cave paintings and clay tablets. The Industrial Age brought developments like the printing press and newspaper. The Electronic Age was defined by inventions like the transistor and television. Finally, the Information Age has been driven by the Internet and digital technologies like smartphones, social media, and cloud computing.

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Evolution of Media

Four Ages to the class.

Pre-Industrial Age (Before 1700s) - People discovered fire, developed paper from plants,
and forged weapons and tools with stone, bronze, copper and iron.

Examples:
• Cave paintings (35,000 BC)
• Clay tablets in Mesopotamia (2400 BC)
• Papyrus in Egypt (2500 BC)
• Acta Diurna in Rome (130 BC)
Dibao in China (2nd Century) • Codex in the Mayan region (5th Century)
Industrial Age (1700s-1930s) - People used the power of steam, developed machine tools,
established iron production, and the manufacturing of various products (including books
through the printing press). Examples:

• Printing press for mass production (19th


century)
• Newspaper- The London Gazette (1640)
• Typewriter (1800)Telephone (1876)
• Motion picture photography/projection
(1890)
• Commercial motion pictures (1913)
• Motion picture with sound (1926)
• Telegraph
• Punch cards

Electronic Age (1930s-1980s) - The invention of 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.
Examples:

• Transistor Radio
• Television (1941)
• Large electronic computers- i.e. EDSAC
(1949) and UNIVAC 1 (1951)
• Mainframe computers - i.e. IBM 704
(1960)
• Personal computers - i.e. Hewlett-
Packard 9100A (1968), Apple 1 (1976)
• OHP, LCD projectors
Information Age (1900s-2000s) - 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. Examples:

• Web browsers: Mosaic (1993), Internet


Explorer (1995)
• Blogs: Blogspot (1999), LiveJournal
(1999), Wordpress (2003)
• Social networks: 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)
• Portable computers- laptops (1980),
netbooks (2008), tablets (1993)
• Smart phones
• Wearable technology
• Cloud and Big Data

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