Media Timeline

-Newspaper: The first type of moving printing press was made in 1440 in Europe, Germany by Johannes Gutenberg. The first newspaper with pictures started on the Daily Graphic on March 4, 1880

-Magazine: The first magazine was released in 1633 in Germany and the first woman magazine was released in 1693 in London.

-Radio: The first forms of radio transmitters and receivers were made around 1895 but was used commercially around the year 1900’s.

-Advertising: The first form of modern advertising started in the 1920’s and the one who had most significance was Edward Bernays

-Cinema: The earliest movie found in working condition was a two second film called Roundhay Garden Scene which was directed by Louis Le Prince who was a French inventor.

-TV: The start of television was around late 1920’s and early 1230’s in America, the first channel was called W3XK created by one of the inventors of mechanical television Charles Francis Jenkins and the first TV broadcast was on July 2, 1928.

-Video games: The start of video games was the early 1970’s and the first commercial arcade video game was introduced the year 1971.

-Online: The start of the internet was around the year 1960 with ARPANET which was originally funded by the U.S Department of Defense.

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