Evolution of Media

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What do you know about the story of titanic?

Titanic was a luxury British steamship that sank in the early hours of April 15, 1912 after striking an iceberg off the coast of Newfoundland in the North Atlantic, leading to the deaths of more than 1,500 passengers and crew.

THE STORY OF TITANIC

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If the Titanic sank somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean, how do you think the news reached people in England and New York at that time?

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If Titanic sank today, where do you think they are posting to? Why?

In the advent of the “new normal”, the role of media has been highlighted more than ever. The society relies heavily on media and information technology, not only for communication, but also for information dissemination, distance learning, work at home, etc.

SOCIAL MEDIA CHANGED US.

With the attainment of technological advancement, people wondered how media changes throughout time and what forms of media exist in different ages. To answer these queries, let us now discover how media have evolved from pre-industrial age to information age.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of cave painting?

Over time, cave art began to feature human and animal figures. The earliest known cave painting of an animal, believed to be at least 45,500 years old, shows a Sulawesi warty pig. The image appears in the Leang Tedongnge cave on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island. Sulawesi also has the first known cave painting of a hunting scene, believed to be at least 43,900 years old.

Cave Paintings

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is the cuneiform?

Cuneiform is a system of writing first developed by the ancient Sumerians of Mesopotamia c. 3500 BCE.

Cuneiform

Multiple Choice

Who invented the papyrus?

• Mesopotamia

• Cave man

• Egyptians

• Thomas Edison

Multiple Choice

What do you call a folding book developed by the Mayan civilization?

• Cuneiform

• Papyrus

• Codex

• Modem

Around 3000 BC, the Egyptians would revolutionize the literary world by producing a smooth, flexible writing material that could accept and retain ink without a blur or smudge. (4) This material, papyrus, would remain in use for longer than any other material in the history of written documents.

PAPYRUS

Maya codices (singular codex) are folding books written by the pre-Columbian Maya civilization in Maya hieroglyphic script on Mesoamerican bark paper.

CODEX

Multiple Choice

What do you call a style of relief printing in which artists use carved wooden blocks to press designs onto textiles or paper?

• Cuneiform

• Woodblock Printing

• Puppet

• Mesopotamia

Historians acknowledge that the Chinese invented xylographie (woodblock) printing between 712 and 756 during the great age of T'ang culture.

Woodblock Printing

Recap

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INDUSTRIAL AGE

Multiple Choice

Who invented the Printing Press for mass production?

• Mark Zuckerberg

• Alexander Fleming

• Steve Jobs

• Johannes Gutenberg

Johannes Gutenberg is usually cited as the inventor of the printing press. Indeed, the German goldsmith's 15th-century contribution to the technology was revolutionary — enabling the mass production of books and the rapid dissemination of knowledge throughout Europe.

Printing Press

Multiple Choice

What do you call this machine?

• Abacus

• Typewriter

• Computer

• Calculator

A typewriter is a mechanical or electromechanical machine for typing characters. Typically, a typewriter has an array of keys, and each one causes a different single character to be produced on paper by striking an inked ribbon selectively against the paper with a type element.

Typewriter Machine

Multiple Choice

Alexander Graham Bell invented the ________

• Google

• Radio

• Television

• Telephone

Alexander Graham Bell was a Scottish-born inventor, scientist and engineer who is credited with patenting the first practical telephone. He also co-founded the American Telephone and Telegraph Company in 1885.

TELEPHONE

Multiple Choice

Most Americans believe that Thomas Edison invented the motion picture with his Kinetoscope machine in 1891. The French give credit for this development to Auguste and Louis Lumière, who hosted the first commercial motion picture screening in Paris in December 1895.

• FACT

• BLUFF

In 1890 Dickson unveiled the Kinetograph, a primitive motion picture camera. In 1892 he announced the invention of the Kinestoscope, a machine that could project the moving images onto a screen. In 1894, Edison initiated public film screenings in recently-opened "Kinetograph Parlors."

MOTION PICTURES

Over time, the truth is often muddled. But now you know, the first movie ever made was Eadweard Muybridge's The Horse in Motion.

MOTION PICTURES

They are the Fathers of Cinema

THE LUMIERE BROTHERS

Multiple Choice

Who was an English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer who rose to fame in the era of silent film?

• Rowan Atkinson

• Robert Downey Jr.

• Charlie Chaplin

• Tim Burton

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Differentiate the Media during the Pre-Industrial and Industrial Age