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MODULE 2: EVOLUTION Flashcards

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What are the four eras of the evolution from traditional media to new media?

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  • Pre-historic Era
  • Ancient Era
  • Industrial Era
  • Information Era
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Refers to the time before the existence of written or recorded history.

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PREHISTORIC

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Is the earliest form of Traditional Media.

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PREHISTORIC ART

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What is the timeline of the Pre-Historic Era?

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200,000 BCE - 4,000 BCE

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PRE-HISTORIC ART

These are carvings or engravings in rock or caves.

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PETROGLYPHS

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PRE-HISTORIC ART

These are also known as “parietal art” are
painted drawings on cave walls or ceilings, mainly of
prehistoric descent, to some 40,000 years ago in both
Asia and Europe.

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CAVE PAINTINGS

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PRE-HISTORIC ART

Cave Paintings also known as “_________ _____” are
painted drawings on cave walls or ceilings, mainly of
prehistoric descent, to some ___________ years ago in both ________ and __________. The paintings are exceptionally __________ around the world, with _________ being common subjects that gives the most dramatic images.

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PARIETAL ART; 40,000; ASIA; EUROPE; IDENTICAL; ANIMALS

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PRE-HISTORIC ART

In most archaic civilization, dancing before the god was fundamental in temple rituals.

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DANCE

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PRE-HISTORIC ART

In most __________ civilization, ________ before the god was fundamental in temple rituals. In ________ the priests and priestesses, guided by _________ and ________, perform ceremonial movements which mimed significant events in the story of a god, or imitate cosmic patterns such as the cadence of night and day.

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ARCHAIC; DANCING; EGYPT; PRIEST; PRIESTESSES

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PRE-HISTORIC ART

Unlike tattoos and other forms of body art, body painting was temporary, painted in the human skin, and lasted for one day, or at most a couple of week.

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BODY ART

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PRE-HISTORIC ART

_________, piercing, ________________ plugs, _________, _________, and scarification other __________ _________ art forms. All types of body art hold great meaning in each culture.

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TATTOOS; NOSE-EARS-MOUTH; MEHNDI; HENNA; RITUAL BASED

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PRE-HISTORIC ART

This is a momentous part of social, spiritual, and
personal expression. It can be a par t of a culture’s
rite o f passage for when the child becomes an adult,
weddings, preparation for war or hunt, the birth of a
child, spiritual rituals and death.

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BODY ART

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PRE-HISTORIC ART

Body Art can symbolize your _____, your _____, symbol of _____, what you have reached and experienced, it can be like an identification card, it protects from evil forces, it shows ______ and ______, can be an act of __________, ________, symbol of __________.

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ORIGIN; POSITION; POWER; BRAVERY; BEAUTY; TRANSFORMATION; MOURNING; FERTILITY

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Started from 300 BCE to 100 CE.

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ANCIENY ERA

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Two (2) Writing Styles of the Ancient Era.

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  • CUNEIFORM SCRIPT
  • EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPHS
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ANCIENT ERA

is one of the earliest schemes of writing, identified by its wedge-shaped marks on clay tablets, built by means of blunt reed for a stylus.

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CUNEIFORM SCRIPT

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ANCIENT ERA

These were an orderly writing system used by the Ancient Egyptians that combined anagrammed and alphabetic elements.

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EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPHS

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ANCIENT ERA

Egyptians used cursive hieroglyphs for _________
articles on _________ and _________.

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RELIGIOUS; PAPYRUS; WOODS

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ANCIENT ERA

This is called by tradition the Proto-Canaanite Alphabet for epitaphs, is the oldest confirmed alphabet. It contains 22 letters all of which are consonants.

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PHOENICIAN ALPHABET

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ANCIENT ERA

The Phoenician Alphabet is by tradition, called?

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PROTO-CANAANITE ALPHABET

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ANCIENT ERA

The ancient Greek __________ was a theatrical culture that flourished in Ancient Greece from _____ BC. The city-state of Athens, which became a significant cultural, political, and military power during this period, was its center, where it was institutionalized as a part of a festival called the “_________”, which honored the god Dionysus.

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DRAMA; 700; DIONYSIA

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ANCIENT ERA

The word “paper” is grammatically derived from _________. Ancient Greek for the ______ ____ plant.

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PAPYRUS; CYPERUS PAPYRUS

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ANCIENT ERA

This is a chunky, paper-like matter produced from the core of the Cyperus Papyrus plant which was used in the Ancient Egypt for writing way before the paper making in China.

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PAPYRUS

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INDUSTRIAL ERA

Is an apparatus for administering pressure to an inked surface recessing upon a print medium (such as paper or cloth), thereby transferring the ink. The invention and spread of the _____ _____ was one of the most prominent events in the second millennium.

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PRINTING PRESS

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INDUSTRIAL ERA

Work of Desire van Monckhoven, the _____ _____ _____ had been accessible since 1855. For the first time a tripod or other support was no longer a total requirement. A small camera could be hand-held while taking the picture daylight and a fast plate or film.

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COLLODION DRY PLATES

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INDUSTRIAL ERA

Who invented the Collodion Dry Plates? When?

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Desire van Monckhoven; 1855

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INDUSTRIAL ERA

Is the long distance broadcast of textual or symbolic (as opposed to verbal or audio) messages. It necessitates that the technique used for encoding the message be known to both sender and receiver.

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TELEGRAPHY

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INDUSTRIAL ERA

This was patented in the US in 1837 by Samuel Morse. His assistant Alfred Vail, developed this signaling alphabet with it.

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ELECTRICAL TELEGRAPH

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INDUSTRIAL ERA

Who patented the Electrical Telegraph and when was it patented?

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SAMUEL MORSE

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INDUSTRIAL ERA

Who is Samuel Morse’s assistant who developed the Morse Code signaling alphabet with Morse.

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Alfred Vail

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INDUSTRIAL ERA

Scottish Immigrant Alexander Graham Bell was the first to be settled a United States patent for the device that formed clearly intelligible replication of the human voice in 1876. It was the first device in the history that permitted people to talk directly with each other across great distance.

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TELEPHONE

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INDUSTRIAL ERA

Who invented the first telephone and when?

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ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL; 1876

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INDUSTRIAL ERA

This was invented by Thomas Edison in 1877, a device designed for the power-driven recording and reproduction of sound. In its later forms, it is called a GRAMOPHONE.

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PHONOGRAPH

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INDUSTRIAL ERA

Who invented the Phonograph and when?

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THOMAS EDISON; 1877

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INDUSTRIAL ERA

Is also called a movie, motion picture, theatrical fil or photoplay, is a series of immobile images that, when shown on screen, generates the illusion of moving images.

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FILM

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What is the timeline of the Information Era?

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1906-PRESENT

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INFORMATION ERA

Is the technology of using radio waves to convey information such as sound, by modulating some property of electro-magnetic energy waves transferred through space.

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RADIO

38
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INFORMATION ERA

Early uses were ___________ which was for sending telegraphic messages using Morse code. One of the most notable uses of Marine telegraphy was during the sinking of RMS Titanic in _________.

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MARITIME; 1912

39
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INFORMATION ERA

is a telecommunication medium used for transmitting sound with moving pictures in monochrome or in color, and in two or three dimensions. It is a mass medium, for entertainment, education, news, and advertising.

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TELEVISION OR TV

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INFORMATION ERA

Theis is the first computer released in the IBM PC model line released on August 12, 1981. It was created
by a team of engineers and designers directed by Don Estridge in Boca Raton, Florida.

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IBM PERSONAL COMPUTER

41
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INFORMATION ERA

Who DIRECTED the IBM PERSONAL COMPUTER and when/where?

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DON ESTRIDGE; AUGUST 12, 1981; BOCA RATON, FLORIDA.

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INFORMATION ERA

What is a portable telephone which can produce and receive calls over a radio frequency carrier. Most services use a cellular network manner , and therefore they are often called Cellular telephones or cell phones.

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MOBILE PHONE

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INFORMATION ERA

When was the first handheld mobile phone invented? Who were the people behind it and from what company?

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1973; JOHN F. MITCHELL AND MARTIN COOPER; MOTOROLA

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INFORMATION ERA

This is the worldwide system of unified computer networks that use the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) that links billion of devices across the planet. Its uses are to access news reports, to plan and book vacations and to pursue personal interests, also to chat , message, e-mail in order to stay in touch with friends globally.

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INTERNET

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