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MEDIA EVOLUTIONS

MEDIA EVOLUTIONS. Newspaper. 59 B.C. in Ancient Rome – Whiteboards displaying the recent news 8 th century China – hand-written news sheets 1447 Johann Gutenberg invented the printing press to mass produce newspapers Media experts predict the newspaper in

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MEDIA EVOLUTIONS

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  1. MEDIA EVOLUTIONS

  2. Newspaper • 59 B.C. in Ancient Rome – Whiteboards displaying the recent news • 8th century China – hand-written news sheets • 1447 Johann Gutenberg invented the printing press to mass produce newspapers • Media experts predict the newspaper in its current form to be obsolete within the next century.

  3. Radio • 1866 – Mahlon Loomis provided the first wireless communication known as a radio in Washington, DC. • 1895 – Italian Guglielmo Marconi sent the first radio signal. • The first radio was used for navigation.

  4. Television • 1884 – Paul Nipkow discovered how to move pictures using electronic signals in Berlin. • 1920 – Britain and the U.S. experimented with this discovery • 1941 – CBS was created and began broadcasting to a small audience.

  5. Cable Television • 1948 – Created in the mountains of Pennsylvania by John and Margaret Walson because they wanted to receive Philadelphia network stations more clearly. The Walsons began Service Electric Cable TV in Allentown. It continues to this day. • Known as CATV (Community Antenna Television)

  6. Satellite Television • 1962 – The first satellite television signal was relayed to the Telstar satellite from Europe to the United States. • 1967 – The first national network of satellite television was created in the Soviet Union.

  7. Internet • 1969 – In response to the launch of Sputnik the United States made ARPA in order to focus on computer networking and communication. • 1980s – Privately-run internet service providers were created. • 1990s – Internet becomes more popular and mainstream.

  8. Pagers • 1921 – The first pager-like system was used by the Detroit Police Department • 1949 – The first telephone pager was patented by Al Gross in New York • By 1980, there were 3.2 million pagers worldwide • 1994 – over 61 million pagers in use

  9. DVD • “Digital Video Disc” • 1995 – The first DVD was announced in Japan • 1996 – The first DVD was finalized in Japan • DVD’s were available in March of 1997 in the United States and by 1999 they were all over the world

  10. Cell Phone • 1973 – Dr. Martin Cooper invented the first portable handset in New York at Motorola • 1977 – Public cell phone testing began • Over 60 million customers own cell phones today

  11. iPad • Announced on Jan. 17, 2010 by Apple in the US. • Apple began taking pre-orders in March of 2010 • Went on sale in April 2010 in the United States.

  12. iTouch • Launched Sept. 5, 2007 in the US • 2000 – Tony Fadell, a student at the University of Michigan, envisioned a better type of MP3 player and pitched it to Real Networks where it was denied • Fadell then turned to Apple where they invented his idea

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