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The first American newspaper was published in 1690. It was called Publick Occurrences. The first daily American newspaper was published in 1784. The Newspaper has been around for 300 years and it’s purpose was provide information on the changing world around us
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In America the first magazines were published in 1741. In that year appeared the American Magazine, The first publishers were Andrew Bradford and Benjamin. The purpose of the magazine include provided general interest to the public
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The world's earliest motion-picture film was created by Thomas Edison and Eadweard Muybridge . The first public demonstration on April 23, 1896, at Koster and Bial's Music Hall in New York City, the Edison Vitascope brought projection to the United States and established the format for Americans.
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The Radio waves were first identified and studied by German physicist Heinrich Hertz in 1886. The first radio transmitters and receivers were developed around 1895–1896 by Italian Guglielmo Marconi, and radio began to be used commercially around 1900.
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In 1926, Baird gave the world's first public demonstration of a television system at Selfridge's department store in London. The purpose of this was to spread production with info for the public. He used mechanical rotating disks to scan moving images into electrical impulses, which were transmitted by cable to a screen.
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The creator Charles Ginsburg in 1951, made the first video tape recorder and captured live images from television cameras by converting the information into electrical impulses and saving the information onto magnetic tape.
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Charles Babbage, The original creator of the computer invented the first mechanical computer in the early 19th century. The machine was about a century ahead of its time. became common during the 1980s. They were marketed to consumers as affordable and accessible computers that, for the first time, were intended for the use of a single nontechnical user.
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The Internet was first invented for military purposes, and then expanded to the purpose of communication among scientists. January 1, 1983 is considered the official birthday of the Internet. Prior to this, the various computer networks did not have a standard way to communicate with each other.
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Andrew Weinreich created the first recognizable social media site, Six Degrees, was created in 1997. It enabled users to upload a profile and make friends with other users. In 1999, the first blogging sites became popular, creating a social media sensation that's still popular today.
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It's been 15 years since YouTube's website launched to the public in May 2005. YouTube was founded earlier that year by three early PayPal employees. Since then, it's become the most popular free video-sharing platform in the world. Founders: Jawed Karim, Steve Chen, Chad Hurley
