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Evolution of Media Flashcards

1
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People used the power of steam, developed machine tools, established iron production and manufacturing of various products (including books through the printing press).

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Industrial Age

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Identify

a material prepared in ancient Egypt from the pithy stem of a water plant, used in sheets throughout the ancient Mediterranean world for writing or painting on and also for making rope, sandals, and boats.

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Papyrus in Egypt

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The prototype for the modern-day projector.

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Kinetoscope

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a system for transmitting messages from a distance along a wire, especially one creating signals by making and breaking an electrical connection.

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Telegraph

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5th Century

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Codices in the Mayan Region

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The main writing material used by the scribes of early civilizations. Signs were impressed or inscribed on the soft clay, which was then dried in the sun.

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Clay Tablets in Mesopotamia

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People discovered fire, developed paper from plants and forged equipment or weapon through stone, bronze, copper, and iron.

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Pre-Historic Age

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People harnessed the power of electricity that led to electrical telegraphy, electrical circuits and the early large-scale computers. In this age, long distance communication became possible.

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Electronic Age

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A software that allows people to search for data in the World Wide Web. The results are presented in a line of results.

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Search Engine

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a machine that translated radio waves into sounds and moving pictures.

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Television

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were daily Roman official notices, a sort of daily gazette. They were carved on stone or metal and presented in message boards in public places like the Forum of Rome.

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Acta Diurna in Rome

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12
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35,000 BC

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Cave Paintings

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Launched on February 4, 2004 by a Harvard student, Mark Zuckerberg. Was only intended at first for Harvard students but reached popularity in 2006.

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Facebook

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Web Browsers

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Mosaic (1993) and Internet Explorer (1995)

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A discussion or informational website that usually follows either an informal diary-style entry or a formal magazine-like article. Often covers a single topic.

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Blogs

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16
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Internet launched on Ph

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March 29, 1994 64 kbps

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17
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The first Laptop

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Osborne 1 1981

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a free photo and video sharing app available on Apple iOS, Android and Windows Phone.

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Instagram

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What are the first words on the telegraph

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What hath god wrought

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20
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2nd Centrue

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Dibao in China

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21
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What does SMS mean?

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Short Message Service

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22
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Also known as Cave Paintings

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Parietal Art

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23
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The world’s earliest surviving motion picture

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The Roundhay Garden scene from 1888.

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This is an electronic device for storing and processing data, typically in binary form, according to instructions given to it in a variable program.

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Computer

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25
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ENIAC

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stands for Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer.

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26
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A microblogging platform that allows users to send out tweets, a 140-character text post

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Twitter

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An instant messaging app that allows online text messaging and video chat services. First released on August 2003.

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Skype

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28
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20 hours ENIAC

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30 seconds

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29
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Also known as telegraph

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Morse Code

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30
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May 1954

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Transistor Radio

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31
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Before human beings created languages and
alphabets, they communicated with both

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Sound and Body Language

32
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A portable personal computer that uses a touch screen to operate

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Tablet

33
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When perfected TV

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1941 Black and White most American

34
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A video-sharing website that allows users to view, upload, favorite, comment on videos and subscribe to other users

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Youtube

35
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Any platform that connects people and allows interaction over the internet.

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Social Networks

36
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can be used to contain digital information represented by the presence or absence of holes in predefined positions. The information might be data for data processing applications or, in earlier examples, used to directly control automated machinery.

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Punch Card

37
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2,500 BC

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Papyrus in Egypt

38
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A device that offers the features of a cellular phone and a personal computer

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Smart Phone

39
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are folding books written by the pre-Columbian Maya civilization in Maya hieroglyphic script on Mesoamerican bark cloth.

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Codices in the Mayan Region

40
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is a social media platform for creating, sharing and discovering short videos. The app is used by young people as an outlet to express themselves through singing, dancing, comedy, and lip-syncing, and allows users to create videos and share them across a community.

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Tiktok

41
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What did Johann Gutenberg invent in the 1400s

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Gutenberg Printing Press

42
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a machine with keys for producing alphabetical characters, numerals, and typographical symbols one at a time on paper inserted around a roller.

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Typewriter

43
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1913

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Commercial Motion Pictures

44
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One of the first newspapers to be mass published with the help of the printing press in the 1640’s.

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The London Gazette

45
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A small, portable personal computer that combines the components, inputs, outputs and capabilities of a desktop computer in a small chassis.

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Laptop

46
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The first social media site that reached 1 million members in its time. First launched in 2002. Most users were Southeast Asians.

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Friendster

47
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invented the movable type machine in the 1400s.

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Johann Gutenberg

48
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Programs that allowed data viewing and exchange through the internet

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Web Browsers

49
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is a technique for printing text, images or patterns used widely throughout East Asia and originating in China in antiquity as a method of printing on textiles and later paper.

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Woodblock Printing

50
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The internet was first launched on

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August 30, 1969

51
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Same mechanics as a blog, but smaller content. Allows users to exchange small elements of content such as short sentences, individual images, or video links.

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Microblogs

52
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These are websites that enable users to store and share their multimedia files (photos, videos, music) with others

A

Media Sharing Sites

53
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Who invented ENIAC

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John Mauchly, Presper Eckert for US Army 1946

54
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are painted drawings on cave walls or ceilings.

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Cave Paintings

55
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Who invented typewriter in 1808

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Pellegrino Turri, an Italian

56
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A device that needs to be worn for it to serve its intended function. Designed to incorporate practical functions and features

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Wearable Tech

57
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2,400 BC

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Clay Tablets in Mesopotamia

58
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Who invented Television

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Philo Farnsworth in 1927

59
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were a type of publications issued by central and local governments in imperial China. They contained official announcements and news.

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Dibao in China

60
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Who invented the telegraph

A

Samuel FB

61
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It is a telephone with access to a cellular radio system so it can be use over a wider area, without a physical connection to a network

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Mobile Phone

62
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A device commonly used in education to assist in teaching. Started getting popular in the 1950’s. Utilized acetates which are transparent sheets. Whatever is written or printed on the acetate is projected on the screen.

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Overhead Projector

63
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Who invented the kinetoscope

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Thomas Alva Edison in 1889

64
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A classification of small, lightweight and inexpensive laptops introduced in 2007. Offers a lower processing power than a laptop.

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Netbook

65
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SMS of the Internet

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Twitter

66
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global computer network providing a variety of information and communication facilities, consisting of interconnected networks using standardized communication protocols.

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Internet

67
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One of the first mainframe computers. The first mass-produced computer. Designed for engineering and scientific purpose. Sold 140 units from 1955- 1960.

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IBM 704

68
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People advanced the use the microelectronics in the invention of personal computers, mobile devices and wearable technology. In this age, the Internet paved the way for faster communication and the creation of the social network. Moreover, voice, image, sound and data are digitalized.

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Infomation Age

69
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a series of pictures projected on a screen in rapid succession with objects shown in successive positions slightly changed so as to produce the optical effect of a continuous picture in which the objects move.

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Commercial Motion Pictures

70
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Allows bloggers to post multimedia, follow other bloggers, and make multiple blogs in one account.

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Tumblr

71
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Nokia 3310 Ring Tone

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…–… SMS

72
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What was the first transistor radio manufactured

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Regency TR-1

73
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a column of smoke used as
a way of conveying a message to a distant
person.

A

Smoke Signal

74
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130 BC

A

Acta Diurna in Rome

75
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Translate in Latin

Also known as Acta Diurna

A

Daily Public Records

76
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A form of writing during the Mesopotamian period

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Cuneiform

77
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The singular form of codices

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codex

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