connor macinkoHistory of mass media

cave drawings

Jan 13, 1000

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

3300BC egyptians make perfect hieroglyphics

Semite's alphabet

Jan 13, 1000

1500BC Semites devise the alphabet

Papyrus

Jan 13, 1000

1000BC Egyptians develope papyrus paper

Acta Diurna

Jan 13, 1000

60BC Acta Diurna - Early newspaper

library

Jan 14, 1000

540 B.C. – Public library in Athens

Printing

Jan 16, 1041

1041 AD Printing by means of separate, movable characters in China

printing press

Jan 16, 1446

Gutenberg develops the printing press

printed add

Jan 16, 1468

first printed ad in book

print book

Jan 16, 1500

more common to find printed books

mlkjr

Jan 21, 1517

Martin Luther nails “Ninety Five Theses” to church door in Wittenberg, Germany

press

Jan 22, 1534

1534
The first press in america, created in spanish america

news paper

Jan 16, 1609

First printed newspaper in europe

cambridge press

Jan 16, 1638

Puritans develope cambridge press

us press

Jan 22, 1638

1638
First press in the united states of america.

gazette

Jan 22, 1665

1665
Oxford Gazette - first newspaper in england

magazine

Jan 22, 1741

1741
first american magazine

bill of rights

Jan 30, 1791

Bill of Rights was created including First Amendment

Start of the Industrial Revolution

Apr 11, 1800

1800 - 1900

Telegraph Era

Apr 11, 1800

1800 - 1900

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

Apr 11, 1856

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

First transatlantic cable

Apr 11, 1858

Abraham Lincoln’s assassination is reported by telegraph and print

Apr 11, 1865

Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone

Apr 11, 1876

Thomas Edison invents the phonograph

Apr 11, 1877

Guglielmo Marconi invents the radio

Apr 11, 1894

End of Telegraph Era

Apr 11, 1900

The end of the Telegraph Era. The Telegraph Era provided new ways of conversation and news.

Golden Ages of Radio, TV, and Movies

Apr 11, 1900

Industrial Revolution Era

Apr 11, 1900

The end of the Industrial Revolution. This amplified the economy and power of the US.

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

Apr 11, 1905

Joseph Maxwell introduces electrical microphones

Apr 11, 1920

First radio network linkup carries the World Series

Apr 11, 1923

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

Apr 11, 1932

Pearl Harbor attack is reported by radio

Apr 11, 1941

Olympic Games are the first televised

Apr 11, 1950

Color TV system is approved by the FCC

Apr 11, 1954

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

Apr 11, 1956

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

Apr 11, 1959

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

Apr 11, 1960

Cold War Decade

Apr 11, 1960

John Kennedy’s assassination is reported by television

Apr 11, 1963

Audiocassettes are introduced

Apr 11, 1963

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

Apr 11, 1964

Rise of talk radio

Apr 14, 1990

Rise of independent film

Apr 14, 1990

Age of Media Convergence

Apr 11, 2000

Rise of cell phone use and cellular technology

Apr 11, 2000

iPod and MP3 format compressed digital files debut

Apr 14, 2001

9/11 Attacks are reported immediately through multimedia

Apr 14, 2001

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

Satellite radio is launched

Apr 11, 2002

TV standard changes to digital

Apr 14, 2002

iTunes online music store

Apr 11, 2003

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

Apr 11, 2004

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,

Apr 11, 2005

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

Apr 11, 2005

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

Apr 11, 2006

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

Apr 11, 2007

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

Apr 11, 2007