The history of media

By Riley.stang
  • Gutenberg invented the printing press
    1455

    Gutenberg invented the printing press

    Literacy spreads through Europe
  • photography

    photography

    A visual record of people and history cannot be stored.
  • Samuel Morse events Morse code

    Samuel Morse events Morse code

    Communication breaks the distance barrier…—… means SOS
  • The telegraph

    The telegraph

    Until the telegraph, the maximum speed that information could travel was about 35 mph. Now a message from Chicago could be sent to Miami almost Instantaneously.
  • Bell invents the telephone

    Bell invents the telephone

    You no longer need to be in the same room or town to talk with someone.
  • First radio broadcast in the U.S.

    First radio broadcast in the U.S.

    The birth of modern mass media. Hand cranked home phonographs were replaced as wider users of user of electrification became more popular. Sales of recordings reached mass proportions during the 1920s as commercial radios were used to popularize musical genres, create hit songs and make stars of artists.
  • Television enters the home

    Television enters the home

    Broadcast television emerged as the nexus of the mass media. It contained news, drama, cinema, music and at least some content from all other mass media. Today a person watches an average of 20,000 commercials per year.
  • Apple sells the first home computer

    Apple sells the first home computer

    Some people say things like… There is no reason anyone should want a computer in their home. Or, 640K ought be enough for anybody
  • The Internet

    The Internet

    Global networks revolutionize how people access information. The Internet became the latest and most popular mass medium. Information has become readily available through websites, and easily accessible through search engines.
  • Windows 95

    Windows 95

    Windows 95 becomes the standard in business communication and data.