History of Communication

  • Jan 1, 1450

    The Printing Revolution

  • Jul 12, 1454

    Invention of the Printing Press

  • Henry VIII establishes licensing System for books

  • Treaty of Westphialia

  • Publick Occurrences Published by Benjamin Harris

  • The stamp act

  • Joseoh Niepce tries to capture the images in a camera obscura

  • The Steam Press was invented

  • Niepce developed the first negative

  • The Penny Press

  • Dagguere captuers the first photgraph of a person

  • Crusading Journalism

  • Postal Act

  • The halftone process

  • Kodak releases the first commercial camera to make use of the film

  • Hepburn Act

  • Meat Inspection Act

  • Pure Food and Drug Act

  • Satyagraha

  • Espionage Act

  • Trading with the Enemy Act

  • Sedition Act

  • Great Depression Crash

  • WWII Office of Censorship

  • The Newspaper Preservation Act