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The History of Media

  • Pre-Industrial Age
    1700 BCE

    Pre-Industrial Age

    The most basics of communicating was to draw symbols onto stone walls or to write in papyrus scrolls
  • Industrial Age

    Industrial Age

    The Industrial Age is a period of history that encompasses the changes in economic and social organization and characterized chiefly by the replacement of hand tools with power-driven machines such as the power loom and the steam engine.
  • Electronic Age

    Electronic Age

    The electronic age began when electronic equipment, including computers came into use.
  • Information Age

    Information Age

    The Information Age (also known as the Computer Age, Digital Age, or New Media Age) is a historic period in the 21st century characterized by the rapid shift from traditional industry that the Industrial Revolution brought through industrialization, to an economy based on information technology.

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