My Media Timeline

By danazinberg
  • Jan 1, 640

    king of Ninevah collects library, 22,000 clay tablets. / In Athens, a public library.

    king of Ninevah collects library, 22,000 clay tablets. / In Athens, a public library.
    640/530 BC Introduced by both the king of Ninevah and the Athens. These two events, of somewhat equal significance, alike and different in ways have significantly impacted people of all ages. The creation and collection of a library of novels has impacted and has become very widespread as both provide information to all people through text. Providing info, insight, adventure and sheer knowledge, books and libraries are proven both beneficial and significant, leading to such things as online..
  • Jan 1, 776

    First recorded use of homing pigeons used to send message - the winner of the Olympic Games to the Athenians.

    First recorded use of homing pigeons used to send message - the winner of the Olympic Games to the Athenians.
    (776 BC) This event in itself was a crucial point through the ages of media as it sparked the act of communicating to the people. Initiating the act of “news” and leading up to things such as our local newspaper, it proved that we were able to communicate world wide news instantly and has influenced the many ways we now receive and teleport news world wide.

  • Greeks improve Phoenician alphabet by adding vowels; capital letters only.

    Greeks improve Phoenician alphabet by adding vowels; capital letters only.
    Improved by the Greeks. This very widespread event in media has had an ever so important impact on the media of today. Creating such a simple but influential improvement to the alphabet we now know, the change, not only influencing the understanding of the languages we speak, has made a significant difference through the books we read and escalading to such things as the way we say things, the English language itself and as of now, spell checks and text messages everywhere.

  • The high speed photography - creating first moving pictures that captured motion.

    The high speed photography - creating first moving pictures that captured motion.
    Invented by Eadweard Muybridge. This event is proved significant in the timeline of media. Amounting itself quickly through time and escalading to such things from the digital cameras we own to the camera phones, to the quick moving flash games we’ve got on our iPods, this event has had one of the greatest impacts through time as has had the most significant base to build from.

  • First pay telephone, which people would use by putting coins into slots.

    First pay telephone, which people would use by putting coins into slots.
    The very brilliant invention of the pay phone, not only providing a useful way to instantly communicate with multiple people on the go but allowed the person to do so with as little as a nickel or otherwise free. Providing such a unique service and earning its way in the media timeline, the “pay phone” has furthered itself leading up to the home phones we use and most recently the cell phones we own today.

  • Romans establish postal services.

    Romans establish postal services.
    Invented by the Romans. The invention of the postal service, another very important event in history, providing communication between people through mail and the writing of letters has had an incredible impact on society today. Providing all sorts of communication, upgraded to the sending of objects as well has expanded the ways of communication tremendously. Leading to companies we know well today including, Fed ex and Ups, the invention of the postal service has proven to have an enormous...

  • First radios with tuners - different stations.

    First radios with tuners - different stations.
    Invented by Guglielmo Marconi. The invention of multiple radio stations, an ever so significant one to the media has had its great contribution to us and society in many ways. From talk shows to just about any type of music imaginable, the radios means of tuning and switching stations has provided view, entertainment and freedom to the people expanding today to such things as talk and game shows, music both old and new as well as giveaways and still expanding.

  • The very first telephone pager was patented. *The name pager was first used in 1959 when Motorola made a personal radio communications product they called a pager.

    The very first telephone pager was patented. *The name pager was first used in 1959 when Motorola made a personal radio communications product they called a pager.
    Invented by Al Gross. The pager or otherwise called the “beeper”, an evolutionary invention through media, was created with the intention of sending radio messages individually to those carrying the device. As the fist means of radio communication between people, the invention of the devise has influenced many other brilliant inventions that followed such as the cell phone and its means of “text messaging”.

  • Nicknamed the "Floppy" for its flexibility.

    Nicknamed the "Floppy" for its flexibility.
    Invented by Alan Shugart. The floppy disk, a very crucial invention in media, has had an ever so significant impact. As originated to store a limited amount of information you choose to load it with, the floppy disk has made its mark creating a starting point and escalating to such inventions as the USB we use today, storing up to 32GB of information.

  • The World Wide Web

    The World Wide Web
    Invented by Timothy Berners-Lee. The World Wide Web, as some may say one of the most significant inventions created has expanded technology the collection of information and entertainment beyond anything imaginable. Allowing access to just about anything under the sun, the internet or wide web has not only provided much entertainment but has become a necessity for people everywhere. Always expanding, the wide web has had and will continue to effect people everywhere, further expanding as minu..