Progression in Media Technology

By OllieTheFitness
  • Jan 1, 1439

    Technology Allows Mass Production of Printed Press

    Technology Allows Mass Production of Printed Press
    This is where a sheet from the public press can be printed in huge batches but cant be useful to Britain as only 5% of the population can read.

  • Publication of First Journal

    Publication of First Journal
    This is where the first publication of a journal occured, and it was used between scientists and engineers to share information and the forwarding technology they were finding out about.

  • Technology Allows Monthly Printing

    Technology Allows Monthly Printing
    This is where technology allows production of a monthly issues of news/magazines after it is discovered that more than just 5% of Britains population can now read. Also, the first publication of themagazine was created in this time.

  • First Major Newspaper in the UK

    First Major Newspaper in the UK
    As technology is rapidly speeding up, it allows daily printing of the UK's first newspaper. This has also created jobs for the role of reporters for the newspaper.

  • The Telephone is Invented

    The Telephone is Invented
    Technology now allows real-time communication over any distance down a telephone.

  • A Home Telephone is Available

    A Home Telephone is Available
    Rich people in the UK can purchase a home telephone (landline).

  • BBC Radio Starts Broadcasting

    BBC Radio Starts Broadcasting
    Technology now allows mass media to be brought directly to homes for the public to listen to.
    Hitler also used this for propaganda during the second world war.

  • BBC Begins to Broadcast Television

    BBC Begins to Broadcast Television
    Technology now allows the BBC to broadcast television programmes and news channels which is funded by tax payers and is now considered as the most powerful media.

  • Internet was Created

    Internet was Created
    This is where the world wide web (www) or the internet was created. This is where you could find resources through searching on a computer.
    US military bases used this a lot so they could communicate better.

  • Cable TV

    Cable TV
    More channels could now be broadcasted on peoples televisions as cable TV was invented.

  • UK's First Mobile Phone

    UK's First Mobile Phone
    The first mobile phone was brought to the UK, although it cost £2k, weighed 1kg and you only had half an hour talktime per phonecall.

  • Sky Dish Satellite

    Sky Dish Satellite
    The company 'Sky' had created a dish that goes on the outside of peoples houses so they could get cable tv as well as live streaming of such things as the news to their televisions.

  • First Text Message Sent

    First Text Message Sent
    This was when the first message was sent on a mobile phone. Now in the UK over 1.2 billion texts are sent every month and is now the most popular means of communication.

  • World Wide Web Publicly Available

    World Wide Web Publicly Available
    Web 1.0 is created on the internet to make it available for the public to use for such things as researching information and buying things.

  • 3G Mobile Available

    3G Mobile Available
    Technolgy has enabled mobiles to use the internet for uploading such things as photos and videos.

  • Web 2.0 Created

    Web 2.0 Created
    Social networking sites are a massive part of day to day life for the UK public to date, and this was created in 2002 when web 2.0 was created.

  • 4G Mobile Available

    4G Mobile Available
    Technology has now allowed its fastest internet on mobile phones with the use of 4G.

  • Web 3.0 Begins

    Web 3.0 Begins
    Interet has moved on even further with the internet finding things rather than passive information. Such things as clouds are created which means you can store files, pictures, videos etc. on the internet and they can always be accessable.