ENGLISH 5 - a device that applies pressure to an inked
surface resting upon a print medium (like a
Lesson 3 – Evolution of Media
paper or cloth)
4 Periods/Ages of Evolution
> Telegraph – used for long-distance
Pre-industrial Age – before 1700s communication by transmitting signals over a
wire laid between stations.
- people discovered fire
> Motion Pictures – also known as film or
- developed paper from plants movie
- forged weapons and tools with stone, bronze, - series of still photos on film, projected in
copper, and iron rapid succession onto a screen by means of
Forms of Media: light
> Cave Paintings – paintings and engravings Other Examples:
found on cave walls or ceiling around 38000 > Newspaper – The London Gazette (1640)
BCE
> Typewriter (1800)
> Clay Tablets – used as a writing medium
especially for writing in cuneiform (one of the > Telephone (1876)
oldest forms of writing)
> Motion picture with sound (1926)
> Papyrus – from papyrus plant
> Punch cards
- used in ancient times as writing surface to
> Motion picture photography projection
designate documents written on its sheets,
(1890)
rolled up to scrolls
Electronic Age – (1930s-1980s)
Other examples:
- invention of the transistor
> Acta Diurna in Rome (130 BC)
- lead to transistor radio, electronic circuits,
> Dibao in China (2nd Century)
and the early computers
> Codex in the Mayan region (5th Century)
- long distance communication became more
> Wood blocks printing efficient
Industrial Age – (1700s-1930s) Forms of Media:
- People used the power of steam > Transistor radio – the invention of the
transistor ushered in the electronic age
- developed machine tools
> Large Electronic Computers
- established iron production
- Electronic Numerical Integrator and
- manufacturing of various products (including Computer (ENIAC)
books through printing press)
- the first programmable general-purpose
Forms of media: electronic digital computer
> Printing Press – typically used for texts - built during World War II by the United States
> Mainframe Computers – digital computers
surface resting upon a print medium (like a
Lesson 3 – Evolution of Media
paper or cloth)
4 Periods/Ages of Evolution
> Telegraph – used for long-distance
Pre-industrial Age – before 1700s communication by transmitting signals over a
wire laid between stations.
- people discovered fire
> Motion Pictures – also known as film or
- developed paper from plants movie
- forged weapons and tools with stone, bronze, - series of still photos on film, projected in
copper, and iron rapid succession onto a screen by means of
Forms of Media: light
> Cave Paintings – paintings and engravings Other Examples:
found on cave walls or ceiling around 38000 > Newspaper – The London Gazette (1640)
BCE
> Typewriter (1800)
> Clay Tablets – used as a writing medium
especially for writing in cuneiform (one of the > Telephone (1876)
oldest forms of writing)
> Motion picture with sound (1926)
> Papyrus – from papyrus plant
> Punch cards
- used in ancient times as writing surface to
> Motion picture photography projection
designate documents written on its sheets,
(1890)
rolled up to scrolls
Electronic Age – (1930s-1980s)
Other examples:
- invention of the transistor
> Acta Diurna in Rome (130 BC)
- lead to transistor radio, electronic circuits,
> Dibao in China (2nd Century)
and the early computers
> Codex in the Mayan region (5th Century)
- long distance communication became more
> Wood blocks printing efficient
Industrial Age – (1700s-1930s) Forms of Media:
- People used the power of steam > Transistor radio – the invention of the
transistor ushered in the electronic age
- developed machine tools
> Large Electronic Computers
- established iron production
- Electronic Numerical Integrator and
- manufacturing of various products (including Computer (ENIAC)
books through printing press)
- the first programmable general-purpose
Forms of media: electronic digital computer
> Printing Press – typically used for texts - built during World War II by the United States
> Mainframe Computers – digital computers
