WEEK 4 - Historical Timeline of Media

• Pre-Industrial - Primitive tools or use of natural materials in expressing and conveying messages.
• Pre-Industrial - (-1700'S)
• Pre-Industrial - Cave paintings, Stone and Clay Tablets, Papyrus and Codex, Wooden Press
• Industrial - Era of complex and mass production of media.
• Industrial - (1700's-1930's)
• Industrial - Printing press, Telegraph, Typewriter, Motion picture photography/projection
• Industrial - Long distance communication was established via the Telegraph.
• Electronic - Man's dependence on technology, especially to communicate, grew immensely.
• Electronic - (1930's-1980's)
• Electronic - Transistor Radio, TV, Personal Computer, OHP/LCD Projectors
• Information - Highly developing period, primarily sparked through the use of the Internet.
• Information - Also known as the Digital Age.
• Information - (1900's-present)
• Information - Internet Explorer, Blogsites, Social Media, World Wide Web
• Realistic Historical Settings - Accurate portrayal of the era with the use of geographical features, clothing & architecture, descriptions of culture, accurate terminology
• Attention to Detail - Most essential element in historical fiction.
• Primary Sources - Direct from the source, firsthand witness/experience
• Secondary sources - Not directly from the source, secondhand witness/experiences.