connor macinkoHistory of mass media

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  • cave drawings
    Jan 13, 1000

    cave drawings

    cave drawings have been around scince 37986 B.C.. Cave drawings are paintings or drawings of animals and other objects drawn by cavemen. Cave drawings were commonly created with sand or crushed plants.
  • Egyptians hieroglyphics
    Jan 13, 1000

    Egyptians hieroglyphics

    3300BC egyptians make perfect hieroglyphics
  • Semite's alphabet
    Jan 13, 1000

    Semite's alphabet

    1500BC Semites devise the alphabet
  • Papyrus
    Jan 13, 1000

    Papyrus

    1000BC Egyptians develope papyrus paper
  • Acta Diurna
    Jan 13, 1000

    Acta Diurna

    60BC Acta Diurna - Early newspaper
  • library
    Jan 14, 1000

    library

    540 B.C. – Public library in Athens
  • Printing
    Jan 16, 1041

    Printing

    1041 AD Printing by means of separate, movable characters in China
  • printing press
    Jan 16, 1446

    printing press

    Gutenberg develops the printing press
  • printed add
    Jan 16, 1468

    printed add

    first printed ad in book
  • print book
    Jan 16, 1500

    print book

    more common to find printed books
  • mlkjr
    Jan 21, 1517

    mlkjr

    Martin Luther nails “Ninety Five Theses” to church door in Wittenberg, Germany
  • press
    Jan 22, 1534

    press

    1534
    The first press in america, created in spanish america
  • news paper

    news paper

    First printed newspaper in europe
  • cambridge press

    cambridge press

    Puritans develope cambridge press
  • us press

    us press

    1638
    First press in the united states of america.
  • gazette

    gazette

    1665
    Oxford Gazette - first newspaper in england
  • magazine

    magazine

    1741
    first american magazine
  • bill of rights

    bill of rights

    Bill of Rights was created including First Amendment
  • Start of the Industrial Revolution

    Start of the Industrial Revolution

    1800 - 1900
  • Telegraph Era

    Telegraph Era

    1800 - 1900
  • Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin becomes the first blockbuster inU.S. book publishing

    Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin becomes the first blockbuster inU.S. book publishing

    Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin becomes the first blockbuster in
    U.S. book publishing.
  • First transatlantic cable

    First transatlantic cable

  • Abraham Lincoln’s assassination is reported by telegraph and print

    Abraham Lincoln’s assassination is reported by telegraph and print

  • Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone

    Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone

  • Thomas Edison invents the phonograph

    Thomas Edison invents the phonograph

  • Guglielmo Marconi invents the radio

    Guglielmo Marconi invents the radio

  • End of Telegraph Era

    End of Telegraph Era

    The end of the Telegraph Era. The Telegraph Era provided new ways of conversation and news.
  • Golden Ages of Radio, TV, and Movies

    Golden Ages of Radio, TV, and Movies

  • Industrial Revolution Era

    Industrial Revolution Era

    The end of the Industrial Revolution. This amplified the economy and power of the US.
  • Robert S. Abbott founds Chicago Defender, African-American newspaper

    Robert S. Abbott founds Chicago Defender, African-American newspaper

  • Joseph Maxwell introduces electrical microphones

  • First radio network linkup carries the World Series

  • Walt Disney produces first full-color movie [Flowers and Trees]

  • Pearl Harbor attack is reported by radio

  • Olympic Games are the first televised

  • Color TV system is approved by the FCC

  • Elvis Presley receives his first Gold Record (over 1 million sold)

  • Ray Charles pioneers soul-jazz that crosses over to pop recordings

  • Black-and-white television becomes part of the average American home

  • Cold War Decade

  • John Kennedy’s assassination is reported by television

  • Audiocassettes are introduced

  • The Beatles perform in the U.S. and take rock music global

  • Rise of talk radio

  • Rise of independent film

  • Age of Media Convergence

  • Rise of cell phone use and cellular technology

  • iPod and MP3 format compressed digital files debut

  • 9/11 Attacks are reported immediately through multimedia

    Terrorists attack the Twin Towers, pentagon and some other national monuments. Many lives lost. Influenced modern american security.

  • Satellite radio is launched

  • TV standard changes to digital

  • iTunes online music store

    iTunes online music store

    Invented by apple, Itunes is a popular way to listen any artist and store it digitaly.
  • 24-hour coverage of the Olympic Games from Athens

    24-hour coverage of the Olympic Games from Athens

    the first 24 hour coverage of the olympics games. the olympics originaly arived from athens and is a group of wide observed sporting events.
  • U2,

    U2,

    U2 is a great rock band that had the best selling concert in the world. They are and irish band and are known as global rockstars.
  • Google Library Book Project, digitization of books

    Google Library Book Project, digitization of books

    the Google Library is soon to be a online library with real books, possibly for a price.
  • Google Video Pilot Project, digitization of National Archives films

    Google Video Pilot Project, digitization of National Archives films

    Google Video Pilot Project, digitization of National Archives films is a plan provided by google. The goal of it is to make the national archives online for free.

  • Presidential debates on YouTube

  • Morse v. Frederick, U. S. Supreme Court decision