The evolution of media

GRACE CAMPBELL
Cavemen paintings

Cavemen used these

symbols to communicate
with one another. The
first use of this was
c.16000-9000 BC
Pictograms

A pictorial symbol for a word or phrase. Pictographs

were used as the earliest known form of writing,
examples having been discovered in Egypt and
Mesopotamia from before 3000 BC.
Ancient Greeks invented the first
extensive alphabet

The Greeks borrowed the Phoenician alphabet and

adapted it to their own language, creating in the
process the first "true" alphabet, in which vowels were
accorded equal status with consonants.
Hand Written

Communications were limited to

hand written materials which
were largely religious
Printing Press

A German man named Johannes

Gutenberg invented the printing press.
This combined ink paper and movable
type with the goal of creating
standardised reproducible writing.
Type Writer

The first typewriter to be commercially successful was

invented in 1868 by Americans Christopher Latham
Sholes, Frank Haven Hall, Carlos Glidden and Samuel
W. Soule in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, although Sholes
soon disowned the machine and refused to use, or
even to recommend it.
Morse Code

Samuel Morse invented Morse code

When his wife died and he didn’t receive
The news of her passing until days later.
he wanted Morse code to be an efficient
way of communicating.
Telephone

In the 1870’s alexander graham bell

Invented the telephone
Radio

The radio was created by an Italian inventr called

Guglielmo Marconi who proved the feasibility of
radio communication.
Television

The television movement in

the 1950’s led to black and
white Tv signal broadcasted
everywhere.
Cell Phones

In the 1960’s telephones took a

step in efficiency with fyberoptic
cable, and in 1980’s cell phones
being widely used .
Personal Computers

Henry Edward Roberts,

designer of the Altair 8800
Computer, is credited as the
inventor of the personal
computer.
Internet

Inventors:
Vint Cerf
Bob Kahn
Mobile devices and tablets having
internet

Martin Cooper, an American

Inventor, created the
mobile phone.