1. Technology and media
Žák Václav
Oktáva 2018/19

2. What does technology mean?
Technology is the collection of techniques, skills, methods, and processes used in the production of goods or services or in the accomplishment of objectives, such as scientific investigation

3. Where did it come from?
The use of the term "technology" has changed significantly over the last 200 years
Before the 20th century, the term was uncommon in English
It was used either to refer to the description or study of the useful arts

4. The term "technology" rose to prominence in the 20th century in connection with the Second Industrial Revolution
Thorstein Veblen translated ideas from the German concept of Technik into “technology“

5. History

6. Paleolithic
The use of tools by early humans was partly a process of discovery and of evolution
Stone tools
Chopper
Fire

7. Neolithic through classical antiquity
Human's technological ascent began in earnest in what is known as the Neolithic Period ("New Stone Age")
Polished stone axes

8. Continuing improvements led to the furnace and bellows and provided, for the first time, the ability to smelt and forge of gold, copper, silver, and lead

9. A few more inventions
The earliest known use of wind power is the sailing ship
Wheel
Potter´s Wheel

10. Medieval and modern history
Innovations continued through the Middle Ages with innovations such as silk, the horse collar and horseshoes
Simple machines (such as the lever, the screw, and the pulley) being combined to form more complicated tools, such as the wheelbarrow,windmills and clocks

11. Industrial Revolution was a period of great technological discovery

12. Telegraphy

13. Telephone

14. Television

15. Planes

16. Automobiles

17. Mass Media Internet Films Radio TV Newspapers Social sites News
Websites
Films
Radio TV
Newspapers

18. Vocabulary
Lever - páka
Pulley - kladka
Smelt - tavit

19. Sources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_media
Google pictures