Media tecnology

Alan Media Technology P1

  • Printing Press
    Jan 1, 1439

    Printing Press

    Technology allows the mass production of documents. However most people can't read
  • Publication of Journals

    Publication of Journals

    Published by scientists and engineers. Speeds up technolgy
  • Magazines

    Magazines

    Tecnology now allows for monthly printing. The fact they are 'General Interest' shows more people can read.
  • First newspapers

    First newspapers

    Technology has now improved to allow for daily printing and this allows people to get daily information and react to events that happen around them. this advance creates the role of reporter
  • Telephone (home also)

    Telephone (home also)

    This development allows for real time communications even over long distances
  • Radio

    Radio

    State funded at first. First mass media is broadcast into people's homes. Hitler used this advance in technology to broadcast propaganda
  • TV & BBC Broadcast in UK

    TV & BBC Broadcast in UK

    State funded via license payers which proves to be a very powerful media. Today there are 24 million TVs in the UK
  • Invention of Internet

    Invention of Internet

    Invented by the US military to communicate between bases
  • Cable

    Cable

    Allows for multiple channels & internet in homes
  • Mobile Phone

    Mobile Phone

    The first mobile phone had 1/2 an hour talk time and weighed 1kg it cost £2000 and was used in buisness
  • Sky Satelite

    Sky Satelite

    High speed 100's of channels available
  • Message

    Message

    Becomes the most popular form of communication. 1.2 billion texts are sent on average per month
  • Publicly available web

    Publicly available web

    Web used to search for information and to buy things online
  • 3G

    3G

    3G mobile available allows people to take pictures and videos. in effect everyone can becoma a reporter
  • Web 2.0

    Web 2.0

    web 2.0 emerges and social networking starts to arise
  • 4G Mobile

    4G Mobile

    4g mobile arrives and enables high speed internet connectivety
  • Web 3.0

    Web 3.0

    web 3.0 begins to emerge. the internet becomes a tool that organises and finds things for you. "passive" clouds