5. Many more options
Also –
A collective noun for type of type of media
In computers terms it is the name of storage
6. Modern media is made by a small number of
people
Media is shared to a large number of people
Usually relies on technology
7. Media with storage and transmission began more
than 30,000 years ago (cave painting)
This is a 16,000 year old
cave painting from Lascaux,
France
8. The first alphabet is over 3000 years old.
This is an Egyptian alphabet
from 1700 B.C.E.
9. The Diamond Sutra
1st
dated book. Printed with wooden blocks
Printed in China
868 C.E.
10. Modern media must go out to a
lot of people.
This means mass production
11. The Gutenberg Press
Johannes Gutenberg invented 1st
printing press.
He printed 180 copies
in Europe
1455 C.E.
12. Newspapers - 1640
With mass printing available newspapers could be
made.
1640 in England
The London Gazette in 1666
was the 1st
commercial
newspaper
13. Phonograph – home audio
Patented by Thomas Edison in 1877
We can finally store
and transmit audio
14. Photographs
The idea is more than 1000 years old.
George Eastman made it more available to the
public in 1888 and founded the Eastman Kodak
Company in 1892
The Kodak Brownie
Produced in 1910
15. Radio - 1894
Finally wireless and paperless transmission of
information is available.
The history is clouded.
Many people claim to
have done it first.
Nikola Tesla was most likely 1st
16. Movie Theatres
First public movie show in New York, 1896
Now we can store
And transmit video
The first full length film (12 minutes)
was The Great Train Robbery
made in 1903
17. TV– live action in home 1936
First black & white then color
Allows us to transmit
More media to more
people
1st
Color TV
Philo Farnswoth in 1928 was the inventor
20. Video cassettes - 1976
A long battle between VHS and BetaMax
VHS wins the battle
Betamax VHS
21. Walkman - 1979
Take your music with you.
Revolutionary portable media
Sony Walkman
22. CD Players – 1982
Play better quality music in your home
This is a 1980s era
home CD player
23. Along come digital cameras
Digital camera were invented in the 1950s
Consumers could by them in 1994
Apple and Kodak
both made consumer
Cameras.
This is the Apple Quicktake 100 – costs more than $1000
24. Consumer Computers
Not yet popular but soon!!
Apple Computers in
1976
The Apple I & Apple II, TRS-80 and
Commodore computers were
released in this era
26. Personal Computers 1984
Now it has a mouse!!
1984 Macintosh
How much?
$2495
Buy a hard drive
for $1500
27. Microsoft Windows & Apple
Developed GUI to make use easier
1984 Macintosh1995 Windows 3.1
28. From 1977 – today
Computers have advanced rapidly
They have come from massive machines to small
laptops with more power.
Computers are used in many parts of our daily life.
29. Personal Media Players - 2002
Very popular, can play more than just songs
An extension of
the walkman and
discman
30. The main media has stayed the same
Storing and transmitting information –
audio and visual
31. ELECTRONICS DO NOT REPLACE MEDIA.
THEY ARE NOT MEDIA.
THEY ARE A TOOL TO HELP US MAKE AND
SHOW MULTIMEDIA.
Editor's Notes
The definition of media changes over time.
The definition of media changes over time.
News papers are made by a few, so are movies, TV, books, etc. They are viewed by millions