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Pre-colonial Traces
Our ancestors developed a system of communication and information dissemination. The alibata or baybayin is the most notable discovery of the ancient alphabet. The umalohokan or the town crier isbthe closest in having a broadcast system of the information of dissemination in ancient times. The barangay head or datu would call for special elections to place someone as the umalohokan to help settle a certain dispute. -
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The Broadcast Industry
The first Philippine newspaper was establish in 1811. Del Superior Govierno was published with the Spanish Governor General himself as editor. The Manila Times (1898) and Manila Bulletin (1900) were established during the American period. The Daily Espress and the Manila Bulletin were only allowed to re-open. Times Journal was allowed the month after. Other magazines publications came out which catered to various interests of the Filipinos reading public. -
The European Film Import
The Lumiere brothers' cinematography film camera and projector invention made its way to Philippine shores via the efforts of a Spanish soldier period, Filipinos who didn't understand the language of the movie didn't find it a hindrance to appreciate the imagery and the music that accompanied the screening. -
The Broadcast Industry
The telegraph and telephone system in the country is the introduction of the Broadcast Industry in the Philippines-Americans were primarily pivotal in bringing the broadcast industry to the Philippines. Slowly, radio sets became a fixture in Filipino homes. Televisions came into picture when the Bolinao Electronics Corporation was established in 1946. Today, the Broadcast Industry is one of the leading sources of mainstream was media products and services in the country. -
Local Online Media
The Philippines officially connected to the world of the internet on March 1944. Most of the country's Internet access before was enjoyed through the existence of Internet cafe's. The Philippines has enjoyed the various benefits of being connected to the world's global village in merely 20 years of the Internet's existence in the country.The Philippines is also in the Top 10 countries that use Twitter and named as the "social media capital of the world" in 2011.
