1. History of Communication

2. 3500-2900 BC 1775 BC The Phoenicians develop an alphabet
The Egyptians develop Hieroglyphic writing
1775 BC
Greeks use a phonetic alphabet written
from left to right

3. 1270 BC 900 BC 200 BC First Encyclopedia is written in Syria
First Postal service in China– for government use
200 BC
Human messengers on horseback or on foot
common in Egypt and China

4. 105 BC 1049 AD 1450 AD China invents paper as we know it today.
First Moveable type invented in China
1450 AD
Newspapers appear in Europe

5. 1714
Englishman, Henry Mills receives the first patent for a typewriter.
1814
Joseph Nicephore Niepce achieves first photographic image
1821
Charles Wheatstone reproduces sound in a primitive sound box
– the first microphone!!

6. 1877 Thomas Edison patents the phonograph
Eadweard Muybridge invents high speed photography—creating the first moving images that captured motion.

7. 1887
Emile Berliner invents the Gramophone– a system of recording that could be used over and over again.
1899
Valdemar Poulsen invents the first magnetic recordings– the foundation for both
Mass data storage on disk and on tape as wells as the music recording industry.

8. 1910 1923 Thomas Edison demonstrates the first talking motion picture.
The television, or Iconoscope is invented by Vladimar Kosma
Zworykin– first Television camera

9. 1926
Warner Brothers Studios invented a way to record sound separately from the film on large disks and synchronized the sound and motion picture tracks upon playback - an improvement on Thomas Edison's work.

10. 1927-1930 Television broadcasts begin in England and the United States
Movietone system of recording film sound on an audio track right on the film invented.

11. 1938
Television broadcasts able to be taped and edited- rather than just live.
1940’s
Network Television emerges onto the communication scene
1950’s
Television takes over as the predominant communication medium.
Television transitions from B/W to color

12. Cable TV Enters the scene
Although Cable TV has been around since the 1940’s it did not spread through the country until much later. In 1950 less than 14,000 homes had cable. In 2011, there were more than 60 million subscribers

13. Starting in 2010, traditional television viewership has started to steadily decline as people are dropping their cable/satellite tv subscriptions in favor of watching programs over the internet through devices such as Roku and Tivo, as well as on mobile devices such as cell phones, tablets and laptops

14. ’s
Television makes the transition from Analog signal to Digital signal with some signals being High Definition. This allows for sharper, clearer pictures

15. 2000’s to Present
The switch is on! More and more people are moving away from Television as their primary source of information to an online source. Whether accessed from a computer, laptop, tablet, or smart phone, online sources have replaced television as the primary medium for information

16. 2000’s to Present
Social Media is gaining an ever popular foot hold in our society. Because of the instant nature of social media, and because anyone is free to share on social media, it can be hard to stop information from getting out… even things that most people would agree should NOT be shared or information that is not correct can make it out for all the world to see.

17. Reflective Writing Assignment
How has rapid communication affected our everyday lives? (be specific; give examples)
Do you think that there are some things that should not be shared or do you think all is fair game? What is the problem with “oversharing”?
How do we as a society address the issues that have developed with “instant Access”?