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History of mass media

By Crackocroc
  • Invention of printing press
    1455

    Invention of printing press

    Goldsmith and inventor Johannes Gutenberg invents the printing press.
  • First photo

    First photo

    Joseph Nicéphore Niépce Took the first picture the process took 8 hours and the picture turned out fuzzy.
  • Morse code invented

    Morse code invented

    Samuel Morse invents Morse code used to communicate with others.
  • Telephone

    Telephone

    Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone it changes the way people communicate with each other.
  • Radio invented

    Radio invented

    The first radio was invented by Guglielmo Marconi.
  • First shown film

    First shown film

    Lumiere Brothers show the public the first public film.
  • First television demonstrated

    First television demonstrated

    First television successfully demonstrated designed by Philo Taylor Farnsworth.
  • First tv news broadcast

    First tv news broadcast

    Lowell Thomas hosted first news tv broadcast on NBC. This was a simulcast of his radio show.
  • Apple home computer

    Apple home computer

    Apple sells first home computers
  • Internet goes world wide

    Internet goes world wide

    Tim Berners Lee invents the World Wide Web while working at CERN.

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