Media Timeline

Evolution of Media 

 Printing Press 1440 – This machine was able to print a large amount of newspapers and books which was an effective way to spread information and communicate with people.  

 Magazines 1663 – The earliest example of magazines was Erbauliche Monaths Unterredungen, which was a literary and philosophy magazine, launched in Germany. 

 Radio 1896 – A man called Guglielmo Marconi an Italian inventor, proved the feasibility of radio communication. He sent and received his first radio signal in Italy in 1895. 

 Cinema 1895 – The first to present projected moving pictures to a paying audience were the Lumière brothers in December 1895 in Paris. 

 TV 1927 – The world’s first electronic television was created by a 21 year old inventor named Philo Taylor Farnsworth. 

Video game 1958- Physicist William Higinbotham created what is thought to be the first video game. It was a very simple tennis game, similar to the classic 1970s video game Pong.  

Mobile phone 1973- Martin Cooper of Motorola made the first publicized handheld mobile phone call on a prototype DynaTAC model. 

Computer 1975- Ed Roberts coined the term “personal computer” when he introduced the Altair 8800. 

Intro Questions

What is Media?

Media is a form of communication that is delivered through many different forms such as Magazines, Television and Newspapers

What is Media Studies?

Media Studies is the study that deals with many different forms of communication and how things are dealt differently throughout the different forms of communication.

Intro Questions

What is Media?

Media is the transfer of communication through different platforms so like film, video and news

What is Media Studies?

The study of the media through different forms of communication and learning the effects of media

What is the point of Media?

There is a point to media studies as the media affects the communication across the world and how information conveyed in society

What do I want to learn in Media?

In Media I want to leam about how to analyse different forms of medicine as well as how different genres and platforms affect different audiences

Intro Questions

What is Media?

Media is using online software to create digital content for all audiences. Using different platforms to promote different types of content. Also analyzing it can influence people and effect society.

What is Media Studies?

It is learning information and skills for future jobs and careers. It is also
the study of the mass media as an academic subject.

Intro Questions

What is Media?

Media is a type of communication used to deliver information from one person or place to another. This includes newspaper, broadcasting and cinema.

What is Media Studies?

Media studies is the field of study that deals with all types of media and how they have effects on different things.

What is the point of Media Studies?

To help to understand the events and workings of the world through sources of all media.

What do you hope to learn from Media Studies?

In media studies I hope to learn to understand the impact and effects all media has on an audience and the different ways media can be used for jobs and careers.