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Timeline of Media

The evolution of mass media has occurred over centuries in distinct phases, driven by technological advancements that allowed information to reach larger audiences in new ways. Key milestones included the printing press, telegraph, telephone, radio, television, and the internet, with each new invention expanding the scale and speed of communication. The modern era sees the rise of digital media and social networking, blurring the lines between producers and consumers of content. Mass media continues to evolve as connectivity and new platforms reshape how people stay informed and connected on a global scale.

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Timeline of Media

The evolution of mass media has occurred over centuries in distinct phases, driven by technological advancements that allowed information to reach larger audiences in new ways. Key milestones included the printing press, telegraph, telephone, radio, television, and the internet, with each new invention expanding the scale and speed of communication. The modern era sees the rise of digital media and social networking, blurring the lines between producers and consumers of content. Mass media continues to evolve as connectivity and new platforms reshape how people stay informed and connected on a global scale.

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TIMELINE OF THE EVOLUTION OF

MASS MEDIA
The evolution of mass media is an elongated, marked with

milestones journey that is still being continued. The evolution

of mass media occurred due to the need to pass on a


message. In ultra-modern times the line between necessity and

luxury is getting blurred but the bloom of mass media keeps

on growing. Mass media and its evolution came into being as

one of the direst necessities of mankind that were to stay

informed and connected in a way that was beyond the

capability of humane physical senses.


Pre-Industrial Age
1041: Movable Clay type printing in

China
1440: The First Printing Press in the

world by German goldsmith

Johannes Gutenberg
1477: First Printed advertisement in

a book by William Caxton


Industrial Age (1700 to 1930)


1774: Invention of Electric Telegraph by George Louis Lesage
1829: Invention of Typewriter by W.S. Burt
1876: Invention of Telephone by Alexander Graham Bell
1877: Invention of the phonograph by Thomas Alva Edison
1894: Invention of Radio by Guglielmo Marconi
The early 1900’s: Starting of the Golden Age for Television,

Radio and Cinema


1918: First colour movie shot Cupid Angling
1920: Invention of TV by John Logie Baird and First Radio

Commercial Broadcast by KDKA radio station a daughter

company of Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company


1923: The first news Magazine was Launched - TIME
1927: First TV transmission by Philo Farnsworth

Electronic Age (1930s to 1980s)


1940: Community Antenna Television system, Early cable
1950: Black and White TV came out and became mainstream
1960: Rise of FM Radio
1963: Introduction of Audio Cassettes
1972: Email was developed by Ray Tomlinson
1973: First handheld Mobile Phone by John Mitchel, and Martin Cooper
1975: Introduction of VCRs
1980: Color television became mainstream and First Online Newspaper

- Columbus Dispatch
1981: IBM Personal Computer is introduced
1985: Microsoft Windows is launched
1986: MCI Mail - First Commercial Email Service

Evolution of New Media (21st Century)


The 1990s to 2000s: Invention of the Internet, Birth of Social Networking

Sites, and Emergence of Social Media.


1991: World Wide Web came into being by Sir Timothy John-Berners Lee
1995: Microsoft Internet Explorer was launched
1997: DVDs replaced VCR
2001: Instant Messaging Services
2002: Satellite Radio is launched
2004: Facebook
2005: Youtube
2006: Twitter
2007: Tumblr
2010: Instagram

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