The Evolution of Traditional to New Media
Internet of Things
Ages of Media
Pre-Industrial Age (Before 1700s) - People
discovered fire, developed paper from plants, and
forged weapons and tools with stone, bronze, copper
and iron.
Industrial Age (1700s-1930s)
- People used the power of steam, developed machine
tools, established iron production, and the
manufacturing of various products (including books
through the printing press).
Electronic Age (1930s-1980s)
– The invention of the transistor ushered in the
electronic age. People harnessed the power of
transistors that led to the transistor radio, electronic
circuits, and the early computers. In this age, long
distance communication became more efficient.
Information Age (1900s-2000s)
- The Internet paved the way for faster communication
and the creation of the social network. People
advanced the use of microelectronics with the
invention of personal computers, mobile devices, and
wearable technology. Is characterized by creating
knowledge based society surrounded by high-tech
computerization.
-Is the global connection of devices. A system of interrelated computing
devices with unique identifiers and the ability to transfer data over the internet. Roles and Functions of
Media in a Democratic
Society
• Cave paintings (35,000 BC) • Dibao in China (2nd Century)
• Clay tablets in Mesopotamia (2400 BC) • Papyrus in Egypt (2500 BC)
• Codex in the Mayan region (5th Century) • Acta Diurna in Rome
• Channel - provides
• Printing press using wood blocks (220 AD) (130 BC)
opportunities for people to
communicate, share ideas,
speculate, tell stories and give
• Printing press for mass production (19th century) • Telegraph
information.
• Newspaper- The London Gazette (1640) • Punch cards
• Watchdog - exposes corrupt
• Typewriter (1800) Telephone (1876) • Motion picture with sound (1926)
practices of the government and
• Motion picture photography/projection(1890)
the private sector. Creating a
• Commercial motion pictures (1913)
space wherein governance is
challenged or scrutinized by the
• Transistor Radio • Television (1941) governed. It also guarantees free
• Large electronic computers- i.e. EDSAC and fair elections
• Mainframe computers - i.e. IBM 704(1960) • Resource center - acts as a
(1949) and UNIVAC 1 (1951) • OHP, LCD projectors gateway of information for the
• Personal computers - i.e. Hewlett Packard 9100A (1968), Apple 1 (1976) society’s consumption.
Also, it becomes a keeper of
• Web browsers: Mosaic (1993), Internet Explorer (1995) memories of the community,
• Blogs: Blogspot (1999), LiveJournal (1999), Wordpress (2003) preserver of heritage and source
• Social networks: Friendster (2002), Multiply (2003), Facebook (2004) of academic knowledge.
• Microblogs: Twitter (2006), Tumblr (2007) • Advocate - through its diverse
• Augmented Reality / Virtual Reality • Wearable technology sources or formats, it bridges the
• Video: YouTube (2005) • Cloud and Big Data • Smart phones gap of digital divide.
• Video chat: Skype (2003), Google Hangouts(2013)
• Search Engines: Google (1996), Yahoo(1995)
• Portable computers- laptops (1980), netbooks (2008), tablets (1993)