History Of Mass Media By Mutadhajawad1 1820 Photography was invented 1830 Telegraph was invented 1877 Phonograph was invented 1920 The first radio station aired Radio journalism became better than paper journalism which cause the daily U.S newspapers to drop 1936 Computers were invented 1950 Broadcast TVs were used During the 1950’s channels containing drama, news, cinema, music, etc. were aired on the broadcast TVs Aug 6, 1991 Websites were invented 1992 Smartphone are invented 1997 Social media is created 2008 Smart TVs are created