THE

WRITTEN
TRADITION

THE
VISUAL/SYMBOLIC
TRADITION

30,000 BC
Oldest surviving
cave paintings.
3500 BC to 2900 BC
- The Sumerians develop
cuneiform writing

- The Egyptians develop

hieroglyphic writing.

1050 BC
1049
Phoenicians develop the
First movable type invented - clay
the first alphabet based on sound.
1450
900 BC
Newspapers appear in Europe
The very first postal service
1455
for government use in China
Johannes Gutenberg invents
776 BC
a printing press with metal
First recorded use of homing pigeons
movable type.
used to send message
305
History
First wooden printing presses
invented in China

Of

1814
1920S & 30S
Joseph Nicphore Nipce achieves
Rise of radio and film
the first photographic image
1876
1950s
Alexander Graham Bell patents
Rise of TV
The electric telephone.
1877
Thomas Edison patents
the phonograph

THE
MASS MEDIA
TRADITION

Human
Communication

1994
The American government releases control
of the Internet and WWW is born
- making communication at light speed

THE DIGITAL AGE

Dyan Krizlen Rioflorido

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