Media is the main means of mass communication that can be used to deliver information, data and news and includes, broadcasting, publishing and the internet.

Why is media important?

Media is important to society as it is one of the fastest and most efficient ways of receiving information of various subjects.

What would you like to learn?

I would like to learn more about journalism and the impacts that media can have on society.

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.