Evolution of Media Flashcards
- People discovered fire, developed paper from
plants, and forged weapons and tools with stone, bronze, copper and iron.
pre-industrial age 1700
are
numerous paintings and engravings found on cave walls or
ceilings around 38 000 BCE.
cave paintings/parietal art
are used as a writing medium especially for
writing in cuneiform. Cuneiform is one of the oldest forms of
writing. This means of communication was used for over 3
000 years in 15 different languages
clay tablets
is made from pith of ____ plant. It is used
in ancient times as writing surface to designate
documents written on its sheets, rolled up to scrolls.
papyrus
oldest hand stencil is located in_______
Leang Timpuseng Cave, Indonesian Island of Sulawesi 37,900 BCE
Polychrome painting in Spain is called_______
Polychrome painting of a bison head 15000 BCE Altamira Cave
People used the power of steam, developed
machine tools, established iron production, and the manufacturing of various
products (including books through the printing press).
industrial age 1700-1930
oldest painting located in __________ Southern France
Cave painting of Rhino
oldest petroglyph is the Philippines with 127 engraving
Angono Petroglyph
rock painting
pictograph
3200 BC Middle EAST
Earliest form of writing of Sumerians
wedge shape images
cuneiform
written in a damp clay with a stylus
stone tablets
copy of book Leviticus is written in ancient Hebrew script used in first temple times
Paleoleviticus
taylor prism (6 sides)
found in ruins of Nineveh
sennacherib prism
also called Mesha Stele
839 BCE Palestine
House of David and King Mesha
Moabite stone
refers to the art in prehistoric age
paleolithic art
refers to the art either painted or carved, usually big stone architecture
megalithic art
is typically used for texts. It is a device
that applies pressure to an inked surface resting upon a
print medium (like paper or cloth).
250 sheets
Johannes Gutenburg 1440
printing press
is used for long-distance communication
by transmitting electrical signals over a wire laid
between stations.
Morse code
Samuel Morse 1830-1840
telegraph
1800
an artificial machine or method for the impressing of letters singly or progressively one after another
typewriter
1876
Alexander Graham Bell
speech over wires
telephone
a device that combined aspects of the telegraph and record player to allow individuals to speak to each other from a distance
telephone
also known as film or movie
is series of still photos on film, projected in
rapid succession onto a screen by means of
light.
motion picture
- The invention of the transistor ushered in the
electronic age. People harnessed the power of transistors that led to the
transistor radio, electronic circuits, and the early computers. In this age, long
distance communication became more efficient.
electronic age 1930-1980
example of media forms
cave paintings 35000 BC
clay tablets in Mesopotamia 2400 BC
Papyrus in Egypt 2500 BC
Codex in Mayan region 5th century
Paleolithic and Megalithic art
pre-industrial age
- Newspaper- The London Gazette (1640)
- Typewriter (1800)
- Telephone (1876)
- Motion picture photography/projection
- Motion picture with sound (1926)
industrial age
transistor
transistor radio and electronic circuits
early computers
long distance communication
electronic age
a small portable radio receiver that uses transistor based circuitry
a popular electronic communication device in history
transistor radio
9100 A, 1968
early computer (programmable calculator)
the first scientific calculator by the modern definition
hewlett packard
desktop computer released by apple company
keyboard and television set
Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs
Apple 1, 1976
paved the way for faster
communication and the creation of the social network. People advanced the use
of microelectronics with the invention of personal computers, mobile devices,
and wearable technology. Moreover, voice, image, sound and data are
digitalized. We are now living in the information age
internet-faster communication
laptops, mobile devices, and wearable technology
digitalized data
information age 1900-2000
