Evolution of

Communication

What is Communication?
Communication is
the activity of
conveying
informationthrough
the exchange of ideas,
feelings, attitudes,
thoughts, messages,
or information
between two or more
participants.

Cave drawings
were murals that
people painted
onto the walls of
caves and
canyons to tell
the story of their
culture.
Drums were
one way to
send signals to
neighboring
tribes and
groups.
Smoke signals were
another way to send
messages to people
who were not close
enough to use words
with

Textual Art Medium of

Communication
Textual Art Medium of communication
involves:
Cave Paintings
Scrolls
Manuscripts
Books
Letters
Newspapers and Magazines

Cave Paintings

Cave Paintings are

paintings on cave walls
and ceilings, especially
those of prehistoric
origin.

Oldest symbol.
Form of rock art.
The oldest known cave
painting is that of
theChauvet Cave,
dating to around
30,000BC.

Scrolls
A scroll is a roll of
papyrus, parchment, or
paper containing
writing.
First form of editable
record keeping texts.
History dates back to
ancient Egypt.
Oldest complete Torah
scroll was recently
discovered on May
2013.

Manuscript
A manuscript is any
document
written by hand, as
opposed to
being printed or
reproduced in
some other way.
Before the arrival of
painting, all documets and
books were manuscripts.
Manuscripts may be in
book form, scrolls or in
codex format.

Alphabet
First pure alphabets
emerged around
2000 BC in Ancient
Egypt.
Alphabetic principles
had already been
incorporated into
Egyptian
hieroglyphs.

Introduction of printing
press
First printing press was invented in China by the
Han Chinese printer Bi Sheng between the years
1041 and 1048

Aprinting pressis a
device for
evenlyprintingink onto a
print medium (substrate)
such as paper or cloth. The
device applies pressure to
a print medium that rests
on an inked surface made
of movable type, thereby
transferring the ink.

Cont
Wooden printing
presses invented in
China
Symbols were
carved on wooden
block
Newspaper
appeared in Europe

Various inventions after

printing press

Henry Mill patent

the first type
writer. (1714)

Charles
Wheatstone
invented the
telegraph. (1821)

Verbal Art Medium of

Communication
Charles
Wheatstone
invented the first
microphone. (1821)

Alexander Graham
Bell invented the
first telephone.
(1876)

Visual Art Medium of

Communication
Television is a
telecommunication
medium that is used for
transmitting and
receiving moving
images and sound.
Television can transmit
images that are
monochrome, in color,
or in three
dimensions.

Invention of Television
First television was invented by Jhon
Logie Baird in 1925.

INTERNET
TheInternetis a global system of interconnectedcomputer
networksthat use the standardInternet protocol
suite(TCP/IP) to link several billion devices worldwide.
It is an internationalnetwork of networksthat consists of
millions of private, public, academic, business, and
governmentpacket switchednetworks, linked by a broad
array of electronic, wireless, and optical networking
technologies.
The Internet carries an extensive range of information
resources and services, such as the inter-linkedhypertext
documents andapplications of theWorld Wide Web(WWW),
the infrastructureto support email, andpeer-topeernetworks forfile sharing andtelephony.

Upgradation
There was an upgradation in the
mediums of communication after the
introduction of internet:
Textual Medium of Communication:
Emails instead of letters.
Verbal Medium of Communication:
Video Chats instead of telephones.

Social Networking
Service
Social Networking Service is a platform
to build social networks or social
relations among people who shares
interests, activities, background or real-life
connections.
Social Networks are web-based services
that allow individuals to create a public
profile, to create a list of users with whom
to share connections, and view and
cross the connections within the system.

Conclusion

-SUBMITTED BY
GROUP NO. 1