History about Media

Modern Media• Media with storage and transmission began more than 30000

years ago (cave painting)

This is a 16000 year old cave painting from Lascaux, France

The first alphabet is over 3000 years old

Diamond Sutra• 1st Dated book printed in wooden

blocks • Printed in China in 6 C.E

Gutenberg Press• Johannes Gutenberg invented the 1st printing

press • He printed 180 copies in Europe – 1455 C.E

News Paper- 1640 • With mass printing available newspaper could

be made• 1640 in England- London Gazette in 1666 was

the 1st commercial newspaper

Phonograph – home audio • Patented by Thomas Edison in 1877• We can finally store and transmit audio

Photographs• The idea is more than 1000 years old• George Eastman made it more available in public in

1888- founded the Eastman Kodak Company in 1892

Radio - 1894• Finally wireless and paperless transmission is

available• Nikola Tesla was most likely 1st to do it

Movie Theatres 1st public movie show in

New York, 1896

Now we can store and transmit video

First full length film (12 minutes) was The Great Train Robbery made in 1903

Television – 1st colored T.V (1936)

• First black and white then colored

• Philo Farnswoth in 1928 was the inventor

Business Computers- not for home they were huge

- IBM Business Computer 1964

Video players (1971)

Sony made the 1st VCR Publically (1971) - cost $1400

Video Cassettes- 1976- A long battle between VHS and Betamax - VHS wins the battle

- Take your music with you- Revolutionary portable media

Walkman-1979

- Play better quality music at home

CD Players- 1982

- Invented in 1950’s- Consumer could buy them in 1994- Apple / Kodak both made consumer cameras

Digital Cameras

-Apple Computers in 1976-Apple I and Apple II, TRS-80 and Commodore computers were released in this era

Personal Computers 1977-81- 1981 IMB – PC

Price $4000

Personal Computers 1984- 1984 Macintosh = $2495

Hard Drive = $1500

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From 1997 - Today

Computers have advanced rapidlyThey have come from massive machines to small laptops

with more powerComputers are used in many parts of our daily life

Personal Media Player - 2002

Very popular can play more than just one song Extension of Walkman and Discman