Media & Globalisation Flashcards
Tribal Age
- small groups
- oral communication and cave painting to express self
- stimulate the sense of listening
- concept of linear does not exist
Literate Era
- Writing
2. Myth: Message is too long to remember therefore developed writing
Medium
- Clay Tablet
- Papyrus Scroll
- Parchment Codex
- Paper
Clay Tablet/Earth
Sumerian
Cuneiform
- Difficult to write
- Limited Information
- Mesopotamia (Modern day Iraq)
- Record info to sustain the history
Papyrus Scroll
- Egyptian
2. Nile River/ plant papyrus plants
Parchment Codex
- Animal Skin
- 1st Century - 1500 AD
- Ancient Rome
Paper
Chinese
Extra Copies
Only People of Higher status have access to/ possess
Why did Papyrus Scroll disappear
Cultural Reason:
Papyrus Scroll - Paganism
Parchment Codex - Christians
Roman Emperor; banned paganism activities, therefore, the medium also disappeared
1st Advertisement
*shoes
- Did not happen locally (from continuous purchasing to knowing that situating at one place will have continuous business; people will go back to the same place to look for the good)
1st billboard
permanent sites have a rock painted
Function of billboard
to announce the location and availability of the product
Village->town->cities
signs needed in unfamiliar places
hung actually products
compete with other products; competition sets in
with printing press
- ad on the newspaper
1. joint cobblers (brand/style of shoes-
2. brag about quality and price
3. competition fiercer: create brand
4. from advert. on good to branding