The Evolution of Traditional To New Media
The Evolution of Traditional To New Media
TO NEW MEDIA
CARTOON ANALYSIS
Source: https://amt.caltech.edu/resources/cartoons
SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT
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)
• Printing press using wood blocks (220 AD)
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)
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)
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 Hangouts (2013)
Explorer (1995) • Search Engines: Google (1996), Yahoo
• Blogs: Blogspot (1999), LiveJournal (1995)
(1999), Wordpress (2003) • Portable computers- laptops (1980),
• Social networks: Friendster (2002), netbooks (2008), tablets (1993)
Multiply (2003), Facebook (2004) • Smart phones
• Microblogs: Twitter (2006), Tumblr • Wearable technology
(2007) • Cloud and Big Data
• Video: YouTube (2005)
• Augmented Reality / Virtual Reality
• Video chat: Skype (2003), Google
Activity
• Given the available media that we now have in the world, what are its
roles and functions in a democratic society?
• In what way does media affect your life (personal, professional,
academic, social, others)?