History of Multi media

By dwong2776
  • 100

    2000 B.C. – Phoenician System of letters

  • 100

    1900-1800 B.C. – Semitic alphabet near the nile.

    Egytan hyrogliphs
  • 100

    600 B.C. – Egyptian paper-like scrolls

  • 100

    540 B.C. – Public library in Greece

    Librarys just like our lirarsy today.
  • Period: 100 to

    Multimedia

  • 105

    105 A.D. – Chinese paper (didn’t arrive in West for 1000 years.)

    Chinese parper was ued in scrolls and wirtings. Parper spread the teachings of confushus.
  • Jan 21, 1450

    1450 – Gutenberg press (leads to Protestant Revolution, among other things)

  • Jan 22, 1500

    1500s – Italian newspapers.

  • Jan 21, 1517

    1517 – Martin Luther nails “Ninety Five Theses” to church door in Germany

  • Jan 22, 1534

    1534 – First News in Mexico.

    The first new and events in the world.

  • 1665 – Oxford Gazette (first English newspaper) in England

  • 1690 – First American newspaper: Publick Occurrences (One issue)

  • 1704 – First good American newspaper: The Boston News-Letter

  • 1741 – First American magazine

    1741 – First American magazine

  • 1791 – Bill of Rights of the U.S.A. (including First Amendment) ratified

  • 1798 – Alien and Sedition Acts passed in U.S.A.

  • 1827 – First African-American newspaper in U.S. is Freedom’s Journal

    1827 – First African-American newspaper in U.S. is Freedom’s Journal

  • 1828 – First Native American newspaper in U.S. is Cherokee Phoenix

    1828 – First Native American newspaper in U.S. is Cherokee Phoenix

  • 1828 – First Dictionary

    1828 – First Dictionary

  • 1844 – Samuel Morse granted patent for telegraph. First message was May 24: “What hath God wrought?” Second message: “Have you any news?”

    1844 – Samuel Morse granted patent for telegraph. First message was May 24: “What hath God wrought?” Second message: “Have you any news?”

  • 1848 – A.P. founded

    1848 – A.P. founded

  • 1860-1865 – Civil War brings home news

    1860-1865 – Civil War brings home news

  • 1877 – Thomas Edison develops the “talking machine”

    1877 – Thomas Edison develops the “talking machine”

  • 1888 – George Eastman introduces the camera

    1888 – George Eastman introduces the camera

  • 1888 – Edison lab develops motion camera

    1888 – Edison lab develops motion camera

  • 1890s – Edison develops easy to get phonograph

    1890s – Edison develops easy to get phonograph

  • 1891 –Edison patents the Kinetoscope – first parlor opens 1894 in New York

    1891 –Edison patents the Kinetoscope – first parlor opens 1894 in New York

  • 1905 – First “nickelodeon machines”

    1905 – First “nickelodeon machines”

  • 1911 – Newsreels begin that continue into 1960s

    1911 – Newsreels begin that continue into 1960s

  • 1914-1918 – World War I propaganda ,and censorship technology

    1914-1918 – World War I propaganda ,and censorship technology

    Cencorship of the media and radio
  • 1920 – First radio stations in north america

    1920 – First radio stations in north america

  • 1923 – Lee de Forest shows first “talkie”

    1923 – Lee de Forest shows first “talkie”

  • 1936 – England is first country with regular TV broadcasts

    1936 – England is first country with regular TV broadcasts

    TV becomes common
  • 1938 – Orson Welles’ “War of the Worlds” broadcast

    1938 – Orson Welles’ “War of the Worlds” broadcast

  • 1939 – First FM radio station started in New Jersey

    1939 – First FM radio station started in New Jersey

    Higher def radio.
  • 1939 – TV is a hit at the World Fair.

    1939 – TV is a hit at the World Fair.

    TV is liked by the people
  • 1941 – First TV commercial advertises a Bulova clock

    1941 – First TV commercial advertises a Bulova clock

    this leads to common comercials intrupting the best part of the show.
  • 1950s – “Golden Age of Television”

    1950s – “Golden Age of Television”

    TV becomse common
  • Late 1960s – Internet formed for exchange of ideas, not available to general public though.

    Late 1960s – Internet formed for exchange of ideas, not available to general public though.

  • 1969 – Neal Armstrong walks on moon; seen on TV

    1969 – Neal Armstrong walks on moon; seen on TV

    Almost every one was at heir small black and white TV the see this
  • 1972 – Cigarette advertising is banned from TV

    1972 – Cigarette advertising is banned from TV

    Chaned busness about cigarettes to come
  • 1974 – Richard Nixon resigns, a result of Watergate media coverage

    1974 – Richard Nixon resigns, a result of Watergate media coverage

  • 1976 – Matsushita introduces VHS tape

    1976 – Matsushita introduces VHS tape

    Vidoe tapes that you could move from on tv to another.
  • 1979 – Sony Walkman appears in Japan.

    1979 – Sony Walkman appears in Japan.

    The first portable music machine
  • 1983 – Sony introduces the CD player

    1983 – Sony introduces the CD player

    CDs could hold more data and they were smaller than VHS.
  • 1990s – Internet access opened to general public; changes everything

    1990s – Internet access opened to general public; changes everything

    The most important thing in trems of the computer.
  • 2001 iPod and MP3 format compressed digital files debut

    2001 iPod and MP3 format compressed digital files debut

    Digital music
  • Facebook goes online

    Facebook goes online

    The biggest social media site on the internet.
  • Twitter goes up

    Twitter goes up

    Second big social media site
  • Facebook goes public

    Facebook goes public

    The first social media company to sell its stock publicly
  • 8 March 2014 Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 goes missing

    8 March 2014 Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 goes missing

    This stirred a gigantic search and it has not been found as of this post.
  • apple vs samsung lawsuit

    apple vs samsung lawsuit

  • 2007 Iphone comes out

    2007 Iphone comes out

    The iphone was a smart phone and you could surf the web which was much better than the flip phones of the day.