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• Media plays an important role in the society since it must provide the public with information and also be an avenue to represent the different sectors in the society
• Pre-Industrial Age Before 1700
• Industrial Age 1700s – 1930s
• Electronic Age 1930s – 1980s
• Information Age 1900s – 2000s
• INDUSTRIAL AGE 1700s – 1930s

  People used the power of steam, developed machine tools, established iron production, and the manufacturing of various products (including books through the printing press).

  Examples:

  • Printing press for mass production (19th century)

  • Newspaper - The London Gazette (1640)

  • Typewriter (1800)

  • Telephone (1876)

  • Motion picture photography/ projection (1890)

  • Commercial motion pictures (1913)

  • Motion picture with sound (1926)

  • Telegraph

  • Punch Cards
• ELECTRONIC AGE 1930s – 1980s

  The invention of the transistor ushered in the electronic age. People harnessed the power of transistors that led to the transistor radio, electronic circuits, and the early computers. In this age, long distance communication became more efficient.

  Examples:

  • Transistor Radio

  • Television (1941)

  • Large electronic computersi.e.

  EDSAC (1949) and UNIVAC 1 (1951)

  • Mainframe computers - i.e. IBM 704 (1960)

  • Personal computers - i.e. HewlettPackard

  9100A (1968), Apple 1 (1976)

  • OHP, LCD Projectors
• PRE-INDUSTRIAL AGE Before 1700

  People discovered fire, developed paper from plants, and forged weapons and tools with stone, bronze, copper and iron.Examples:

  • Cave paintings (35,000 BC)

  • Papyrus in Egypt (2500 BC)

  • Clay tablets in Mesopotamia (2400 BC)

  • Acta Diurna in Rome (130 BC)

  • Dibao in China (2nd Century)

  • Codex in the Mayan region (5th Century)

  • Printing press using wood blocks (220 AD)
• INFORMATION AGE 1900s – 2000s


  The Internet paved the way for faster communication and the creation of the social network. People advanced the use of microelectronics with the invention of personal computers, mobile devices, and wearable technology. Moreover, voice, image, sound and data are digitalized. We are now living in the information age.
• • Web browsers: Mosaic (1993), Internet Explorer (1995)

  • Blogs: Blogspot (1999), LiveJournal (1999), Wordpress (2003)

  • Social networks: Friendster (2002), Multiply (2003), Facebook (2004)

  • Microblogs: Twitter (2006), Tumblr (2007)

  • Augmented Reality / Virtual Reality

  • Video chat: Skype (2003), Google Hangouts (2013)

  • Search Engines: Google (1996), Yahoo (1995)

  • Portable computers- laptops (1980), netbooks (2008), tablets (1993)

  • Smart phones

  • Wearable technology

  • Cloud and Big Data

  • Video: YouTube (2005)