Timeline: Montel Elliott- Hisotry of Mass Communication

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B.C Symbols

Something that represents or stands for something else. Improved the range at which people could communicate.

105

Tsai Lun invents paper

Jan 1, 702

– Hindu-Malayan empires write legal documents on copper plate scrolls, and write other documents on more perishable media.

Period: Jan 1, 1400 to Dec 31, 2016

Communication

Jan 1, 1450

The Printing Press

A device for applying pressure to an inked surface resting upon a print medium (such as paper or cloth), thereby transferring the ink. Typically used for texts, the invention of the printing press is widely regarded as one of the most influential events in the second millennium,[1] ushering in the period of modernity.[2]

Jan 1, 1468

William Caxton produces a book in England with the first printed advertisement.

Jan 1, 1609

FIrst Newspapers in Europe

Jan 1, 1827

First African American Newspaper

Jan 1, 1831

Typewriter

A typewriter is a mechanical or electromechanical machine for writing in characters similar to those produced by printer's movable type by means of keyboard-operated types striking a ribbon to transfer ink or carbon impressions onto paper. Typically one character is printed on each keypress. The machine prints characters by making ink impressions of type elements similar to the sorts used in movable type letterpress printing.

Jan 1, 1835

Samuel Morse develops the Morse code.

Feb 1, 1858

First Transatlantic Cable

Jan 1, 1876

Telephone

Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone in Boston in 1876. One hundred twenty years later there are over 360 million telephone numbers, and that figure grows each year.

Jan 1, 1889

Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone.

Jan 1, 1894

Guglielmo MArconi invents the radio

Jan 1, 1920

First Electrial Microphones introdcued by Joseph Maxwell

Jan 1, 1923

First radio network linkup carries the World Serioes

Jan 1, 1925

John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal.

Jan 1, 1951

Computer

The firdt commercially available mass prodiuced electronic cmputer entered the market. The computer was manufactured in the United States.

Jan 1, 1965

First email sent (at MIT)

Jan 1, 1973

Online Sources

In 1973 a global computer network emerged, providing a variety of information and communication facilities. These interconnected networks use standardized communication protocols.

Jan 1, 1976