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Acting was one of the first forms of mass communication. (Broadcast Media)
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First printed book. If not the first then one of the first. (Print Media)
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Gutenberg brought the printing press to the west. The printing press gave birth to the first forms of mass communications. It enabled the publication of books and newspapers on a much larger scale than was previously possible.
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World's first weekly newspaper was by a German publisher Johann Carolus. It was called "Relation" (Print Media)
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The phonograph was created by Thomas Edison. It spread across the world and by the early 1900s the most popular songs were selling in the millions.
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The start of the radio dates back to 1789 (probably further) with trails and experiments by a bunch of people but in 1895 Guglielmo Marconi, an Italian inventor, developed a radio system specifically for communication. (Broadcast Media)
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Scottish inventor John Logie Baird gave the first public demonstration televised silhouette images in motion. (Broadcast Media)
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Started as a learning tool for students at the University of Illinois. By 1972 a feature was created called "Talkomatic" it was the world's first multi-user online chat system. (Digital Media)
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It is the network of networks. Allows computers to communicate with each other. Led to the World Wide Web (WWW). (Digital Media)
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The IBM Simon.
