The Media
The Evolution of Communication
40000 BC
1605
1844
1876
1891
Cave Drawing
Newspapers
Telegram
Radio
Telephone
2004
1973
1927
2001
1991
Mobile Phone
Television
Facebook
Internet
Wikipedia
2009
2006
2023
2010
2016
Twitter
Whatsapp
Threads
Instagram
TikTok
Cave Paintings
Well-known cave paintings include those:
- Cave of El Castillo, Spain (~40.000 y.o.)
- Kapova Cave, Bashkortostan, Russia (~36,000 y.o.)
- Chauvet Cave, near Vallon-Pont-d'Arc, France (~35,000 y.o.)
- Cave of La Pasiega, Cuevas de El Castillo, Cantabria, Spain (~30,000 y.o.)
- Caves of Arcy-sur-Cure, France (~28,200 y.o.)
- ...
Mobile phone
Marty Cooper - 1973
Telegram
The first telegram was sent using the telegraph machine created by Samuel Morse.The message was transmitted with the help of Morse Code.
Telephone
Alexander Bell (American; 1847-1922) created the first telephone in 1876. Other inventors are also credited with its invention (Meucci; Gray).The concept of the telephone dates back to the string telephone.
Wikipedia: the students' Bible before ChatGPT
It is a short-form video hosting service owned by Chinese internet company ByteDance. It hosts user-submitted videos, which can range in duration from three seconds to 60 minutes. It can be accessed with a smart phone app.
Threads
On July 5 2023, Meta launched Threads, a new conversation-based app nearly identical to the format of Twitter (X).
The new app has been deemed the "Twitter killer" by techies, with many predicting it to replace the Elon Musk-owned app completely.
Instagram
It is a photo and video sharing social networking service owned by Meta Platforms. It allows users to upload media that can be edited with filters, be organized by hashtags, and be associated with a location via geographical tagging.
Johannes Gutenberg
German inventor and typographer (1400- 1468)
- created the first press around 1450;
- The Bible was the first book ever to be printed;
- the first newspapers appeared around 1605 in Germany.
Facebook
Mark Zuckerberg (14.05.1984 - American) co-founded Facebook in 2004. It was the first relevant social network ever created. Today Facebook belongs to the Meta Platforms. In 2010 a film about the creation of Facebook,"The Social Network", was released.
World Wide Web
Radio
Marconi was born as Guglielmo Giovanni Maria Marconi in Bologna on 25 April 1874. He was an inventor, electrical engineer, but also a businessman.
Twitter becomes X
Twitter is an American social networking service that was rebranded as X in 2023 by the new owner, Elon Musk. Established in March 2006, it grew to become one of the world's largest social media websites allowing people to post messages up to 280 characters.
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The Media
The Evolution of Communication
40000 BC
1605
1844
1876
1891
Cave Drawing
Newspapers
Telegram
Radio
Telephone
2004
1973
1927
2001
1991
Mobile Phone
Television
Facebook
Internet
Wikipedia
2009
2006
2023
2010
2016
Twitter
Whatsapp
Threads
Instagram
TikTok
Cave Paintings
Well-known cave paintings include those:
Mobile phone
Marty Cooper - 1973
Telegram
The first telegram was sent using the telegraph machine created by Samuel Morse.The message was transmitted with the help of Morse Code.
Telephone
Alexander Bell (American; 1847-1922) created the first telephone in 1876. Other inventors are also credited with its invention (Meucci; Gray).The concept of the telephone dates back to the string telephone.
Wikipedia: the students' Bible before ChatGPT
It is a short-form video hosting service owned by Chinese internet company ByteDance. It hosts user-submitted videos, which can range in duration from three seconds to 60 minutes. It can be accessed with a smart phone app.
Threads
On July 5 2023, Meta launched Threads, a new conversation-based app nearly identical to the format of Twitter (X). The new app has been deemed the "Twitter killer" by techies, with many predicting it to replace the Elon Musk-owned app completely.
Instagram
It is a photo and video sharing social networking service owned by Meta Platforms. It allows users to upload media that can be edited with filters, be organized by hashtags, and be associated with a location via geographical tagging.
Johannes Gutenberg
German inventor and typographer (1400- 1468)
Facebook
Mark Zuckerberg (14.05.1984 - American) co-founded Facebook in 2004. It was the first relevant social network ever created. Today Facebook belongs to the Meta Platforms. In 2010 a film about the creation of Facebook,"The Social Network", was released.
World Wide Web
Radio
Marconi was born as Guglielmo Giovanni Maria Marconi in Bologna on 25 April 1874. He was an inventor, electrical engineer, but also a businessman.
Twitter becomes X
Twitter is an American social networking service that was rebranded as X in 2023 by the new owner, Elon Musk. Established in March 2006, it grew to become one of the world's largest social media websites allowing people to post messages up to 280 characters.