History about Media

Modern Media Media with storage and transmission began more than 30000 years ago (cave painting) This is a 16000 year old cave painting from Lascaux, France

The first alphabet is over 3000 years old

Diamond Sutra Gutenberg Press News Paper- 1640 1st Dated book printed in wooden blocks Printed in China in 6 C.E Gutenberg Press Johannes Gutenberg invented the 1st printing press He printed 180 copies in Europe – 1455 C.E News Paper- 1640 With mass printing available newspaper could be made 1640 in England- London Gazette in 1666 was the 1st commercial newspaper

Phonograph – home audio Patented by Thomas Edison in 1877 We can finally store and transmit audio Photographs The idea is more than 1000 years old George Eastman made it more available in public in 1888- founded the Eastman Kodak Company in 1892 Radio - 1894 Finally wireless and paperless transmission is available Nikola Tesla was most likely 1st to do it

Movie Theatres 1st public movie show in New York, 1896 Now we can store and transmit video First full length film (12 minutes) was The Great Train Robbery made in 1903

Television – 1st colored T.V (1936) First black and white then colored Philo Farnswoth in 1928 was the inventor

- A long battle between VHS and Betamax Business Computers - not for home they were huge - IBM Business Computer 1964 Video players (1971) Sony made the 1st VCR Publically (1971) - cost $1400 Video Cassettes- 1976 - A long battle between VHS and Betamax - VHS wins the battle

Walkman-1979 CD Players- 1982 Digital Cameras - Take your music with you - Revolutionary portable media Walkman-1979 - Play better quality music at home CD Players- 1982 - Invented in 1950’s - Consumer could buy them in 1994 - Apple / Kodak both made consumer cameras Digital Cameras

PERSONAL COMPUTERS -Apple Computers in 1976 -Apple I and Apple II, TRS-80 and Commodore computers were released in this era Personal Computers 1977-81 - 1981 IMB – PC Price $4000 Personal Computers 1984 - 1984 Macintosh = $2495 Hard Drive = $1500 PERSONAL COMPUTERS

From 1997 - 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

Personal Media Player - 2002 Very popular can play more than just one song Extension of Walkman and Discman Personal Media Player - 2002