Media Timeline

Newspapers – They were first circulating in the 17th century, and the first one was printed in 1665.

Advertising- Advertisement`s were first introduced in the 16th and 17th century’s within newspapers.

Magazines – The earliest form of magazine was launched in Germany in 1663. America`s first magazine was launched in 1923.

Radio – The first practical radio transmitters and receivers were developed around 1895-6 by Italian Guglielmo Marconi, and radio began to be used commercially around 1900.

Cinema – The first cinema was in Berlin Wintergarden Theatre. This was in 1895 and a short, silent film was presented by the Skladanowsky brothers.

TV- The first ever television stations started appearing in America in the late 1920s and early 1930`s.

Music Video – The first music video as we would know it today was Tony Bennetts “Stranger in Paradise”, and this was in 1953.

Video Game – thought be have been created in 1958 by William Higinbotham.

Online – in 1993, researchers began to assemble what we would now know as the modern internet.

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