Masscom

Montel Elliott- Hisotry of Mass Communication

By mtelliott17@students.wfisd.net
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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

    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

    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.

  • FIrst Newspapers in Europe

    FIrst Newspapers in Europe

  • First African American Newspaper

  • Typewriter

    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.

  • Samuel Morse develops the Morse code.

    Samuel Morse develops the Morse code.

  • First Transatlantic Cable

  • Telephone

    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.

  • Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone.

  • Guglielmo MArconi invents the radio

    Guglielmo MArconi invents the radio

  • First Electrial Microphones introdcued by Joseph Maxwell

  • First radio network linkup carries the World Serioes

  • John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal.

  • Computer

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

  • First email sent (at MIT)

  • Online Sources

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

  • The personal computer (PC) market is born.

  • Hayes Smartmodem introduced.[4]Nordic Mobile Telephone, the world´s first automatic mobile phone is put into operation

    Hayes Smartmodem introduced.[4]Nordic Mobile Telephone, the world´s first automatic mobile phone is put into operation

  • Microsoft Word software is launched.[5]

    Microsoft Word software is launched.[5]

  • Online Calling

    Software that allows you to call people on their computers or phones.

  • Solar Powered Supersonic Car

    Solar Powered Supersonic Car