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Jan 1, 1439
Invention of The Printing Press
The First Technology To be developed on a mass scale was the printing press which allowed people to produce a large number of documents. Although most people couldn't read. -
Period: Jan 1, 1439 to
Media Technology
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Journals
Journals were published by scientists & engineers. The major problem is that most people still couldn't read. On the other hand this allowed ideas to be shared and starting advancing the world of science. -
Magazines
Monthly printing of magazines, allows for people who can read to follow their interest and read about them. -
Newspaper
Technology allows for daily printing of a newspaper. People can now find out what happened yesterday and react to it today. This speeds up events and creates reporters. -
First Telephone
People can now communicate in real time over long distances, but only used on a commercial basis due to the cost. -
Telephone for Residential Use
The first telephone used for residential purposes, but the price was still quite high. -
Radio
The first radio transmission was broadcast straight into peoples homes. These companies were run by government owned broadcasters. Millions Bought radios. -
Television
This was a very powerful piece of media which was shaping peoples opinions. It also created news reporters. Today there are 24 million TV's in the UK -
Internet
The US military invents the internet. -
Cable TV
This allows for the transmission of hundreds of channels and also lays the groundwork for broadband. -
Mobile Phone
The first mobile phone a big, numb 1KG phone and cost about £2000 in todays money and only had 30 minutes talk time. Usually used by businessmen in major cities etc. -
SKY TV
SKY was very high tech when it came out and still is to a certain extent. This allows for even more channels and allows live reporting direct from the scene. Now it has 10 million subscribers. -
Text Message
Is now the most popular form of communication and 1 billion texts are now sent weekly in the UK. -
World Wide Web 1.0
You can now search for informatiuon and buy things on sites like ebay etc. -
3G Mobile
Allows for recording of films and images on mobile phones everyone can now do this. -
Web 2.0
The internet is now mainly about social networking i.e BEBO and MySpace -
4G Mobile Phones
High Speed internet is now on mobiles -
Web 3.0
Now the internet is becoming more of a tool that finds, arranges on your behalf.
