The document outlines the timeline and key developments in media from the 15th century Gutenberg press to modern social media. It describes inventions like the telegraph, telephone, phonograph, photography, television, computers, mobile phones, and digital media that revolutionized communication and the spread of information over time. Major milestones included the first newspaper in 1666, Alexander Graham Bell's telephone patent in 1876, Thomas Edison's phonograph in 1877, the first commercial mobile phone in 1983, the launch of the World Wide Web and social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter.

1. Timeline of Media – The Gutenberg Press (1440)
The Gutenburg Press was invented in about 1440 byJohannes Gutenberg.
180 copies were printed in Europe in 1455 C.E.

2. Timeline of Media – Newspapers (1640)
With mass printing available newspapers could be made.
The London Gazette in 1666 was the 1st commercial newspaper

3. Timeline of Media – Telegraph (1830s)
Developed by Samuel Morse and other inventors, the telegraph
revolutionized long-distance communication. It transmitted electrical
signals over a wire laid between stations.

4. Timeline of Media – Telephone (1876)
The first basic telephone was invented by Antonio
Meucci in 1849, and Charles Bourseul devised a phone
in 1854 but Alexander Graham Bell patented the device
in 1876.
Centennial single-pole telephone
transmitter, 1876

5. Timeline of Media – Phonograph (1877)
The Phonograph was a home audio device that allowed audio to be stored
and transmitted.
It was patented by Thomas Edison in 1877.

6. Timeline of Media – Photographs (1888)
The idea of photographs is more than 1000 years old. George Eastman made
it more available to the public in 1888 and founded the Eastman Kodak
Company in 1892.
The Kodak Brownie Produced in 1910

7. Timeline of Media – Television (1936)
Live action TV was introduced to peoples homes in 1936. It allowed us to
transmit media to more people.
Invented in 1928 by Philo Farnsworth.

8. Timeline of Media – Digital Cameras (1950s)
These were invented in the 1950s but weren’t available for consumers to buy
until 1994. Kodak made the first ever consumer camera followed by Apple.
This is the Apple Quicktake 100 – it costs more than
$1000.

9. Timeline of Media – Consumer Computers (1976)
The Apple I & Apple II, TRS-80 and Commodore computers were released in
this era
The Apple 2 was released in June 1977 and discontinued two years later.

10. Timeline of Media – Personal Computers (1977-81)
The IBM PC was released in 1981 for $4000

11. Timeline of Media – Mobile Phones (1983)
The first mobile phone was invented and demonstrated by Martin Cooper of
Motorola in 1973. In 1983, the DynaTAC 8000x was the first commercially
available handheld mobile phone.

12. Timeline of Media – Web 1.0 vs Web 2.0
Features of Web 1.0:
• Mostly read only.
• 45 million global users (1996)
• Focused on companies.
• Home pages.
• Owning content
• HTML, portals
• Web forms.
• Didn’t allow much interaction
between users.
Features of Web 2.0:
• Read – Write web.
• 1 billion + global users (2006)
• Focused on communities.
• Blogs
• Sharing content
• XML, RSS
• Web application
• Google
• Cost per click

13. Timeline of Media – Personal Media Players (2002)
Personal media players were capable of more the playing songs. Products
such as the iPod built on previous products such as the Walkman and
Discman.

14. Timeline of Media – Smart Phones (2007)
On the 11th of June 2007, apple announced the iPhone. Released in June of
the same year, the iPhone paved the way for all other mobile phones and
provided a great platform for social media and augmented reality.

15. Timeline of Media – Social Media
Launched in February 2004, Facebook was founded by Mark Zuckerberg.
Twitter was created in March 2006 and launched in July of the same year.
Social media has allowed us to be more connected online with companies
such as Instagram, Snapchat, and YouTube providing us with instantaneous
communication, news and entertainment.