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Pre-Industrial Age(BEFORE 1700)
People discovered fire, developed paper from plants, and forged weapons and tools with stone, bronze, copper and iron. Examples form of Media:
Cave Painting (35,000 BC)
Clay tablets in Mesopotamia(2,400 BC)
Papyrus in Egypt(2,500 BC)
Acta Diurna in Rome(130 BC)
Dibao in China(2nd Century)
Codex in Mayan region(5th Century)
Printing press using wood blocks(220 AD) -
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Industrial Age
People used the power of steam, developed machine tools, established iron production, and the manufacturing of the various products(including books through the printing press). Example forms of media:
Printing press for mass production(1900)
Newspaper-The London Gazette(1740)
Typewriter(1800)
Telephone(1876)
Motion picture photography/projection(1890)
Commercial motion pictures(1913)
Telegraph
Punch cards -
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Information Age
The Internet paved the way for faster communication and the creation of social network. People advanced the use of microelectronics with the invention of personal computers, moblie devices, and wearable technology. Moreover, voice, image, sound and data are digitalized. Example forms of Media:
-Web browsers: Mosaic,Internet Explorer
-Blogs: Blogspot, Wordpress
-Social networks: Friendster, FB, Instagram
-Microblogs: Twitter, Tumblr
Video: YouTube
-Virtual Reality
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Electronic Age
The invention of transistor ushered in the electronic age. People harnessed the power of transistors that led to the transistor radio, electronic circuits, and the early computers. In this age, long distance communication became for efficient. Example forms of Media:
Transistor radio
Television(1941)
Large electronic computers
Mainframe computers(1960)
OHP
LCD projectors