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Our ancestors developed a system of communication and information dissemination. When there is a system of oral communication, it follows that a system of written communication also existed.
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The very first newspaper in the country, Del Superior Govierno, was established. https://filipinoscribbles.wordpress.com/2014/08/08/del-superior-govierno-our-countrys-first-newspaper/
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Books, Magazine, and newspapers were brought to the Philippines by the ancient, colonizers, mostly printed in a language that not everybody in the archipelago can speak, this led to the glaring social class divide.
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La Solidaridad was the most popular of these nationalistic newspapers. Followed by, Noli me Tangere and El Filibusterismo written by the same author, Jose Rizal.
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In 1890, the first telephone system of the country began its operations and the whole archipelago enjoyed this system of information and communications exchange.
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Another European is film. Two years after successfully launching cinema, the Lumiere brother's cinematographe film camera and projector invention made its way to Philippine shoes via the effors of a Spanish soldier names Carlo Naquera.
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The very first Filipino-produced film by Jose Nepomuceno. https://www.flickr.com/photos/nccaofficial/18441517595
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Broadcast industry in the Philippines started with the introduction of the telegraph and telephone system in the country.
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Seeing the film as a viable form of mass media communication, the Japanese led the production of propaganda films and tapped Filipino directors and actors to make them.one example would be Dawn of freedom, which highlighted the world war II aim of the Japanese to have an "Asian for the Asians."
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Television came into the picture when an American engineer, James Lindenberg, established Bolinao Electronics Corporation (BEC) in 1946.
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A particular woman's magazine was run by Apostol. Since it was deemed as a lifestyle publication for women, the government did not take it seriously. until it started publishing articles related to the assassination of Sen. Benigno Aquino Sr.
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in 1994, the first commercial internet service provider was launched by Mosaic Communications or MosCom, making it possible for Filipinos to go online
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The Philippines officially connected to the world of the internet on March 1994 through the efforts of PHNET or the Philippine Network Foundation, a consortium of various academic institutions, private companies, and government agencies.
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The Philippines was named the "social media capital of the world" as 93.9% of the population is also in the top 10 countries that use Twitter the most.
