Media and Information literacy: The Evlolution of Traditional of Media to New Media

The Evolution of traditional Media to New Media

* Pre-Indudtrial Age

* Industrial Age

* Eloctronic Age

* New/ Information Age

PRE-INDUSTRIAL AGE (BEFORE 1700) •

- People discovered fire, developed paper from plants, and forged weapons and tools with stone, bronze, copper and iron

1 PRE-INDUSTRIAL AGE (BEFORE 1700) ACTA DIURNA IN ROME 130 BC

2 PRE-INDUSTRIAL AGE (BEFORE 1700) CAVE PAINTINGS 35,000 BC

3 PRE-INDUSTRIAL AGE (BEFORE 1700) CLAY TABLETS IN MESOPOTAMIA 2400 BC

4 PRE-INDUSTRIAL AGE (BEFORE 1700) PAPYRUS IN EGYPT 2500 BC

5 PRE-INDUSTRIAL AGE (BEFORE 1700) C ODEX IN MAYAN REGION

6 PRE-INDUSTRIAL AGE (BEFORE 1700) PRINTING PRESS USING WOOD BLOCKS

INDUSTRIAL AGE (1700S TO 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)

-Example Forms of Media: • Printing press for mass production (1900) • Newspaper- The London Gazette (1740) • Typewriter (1800) • Telephone (1876) • Motion picture photography/projection (1890) • Commercial motion pictures (1913) • Motion picture with sound (1926) • Telegraph • Punch cards

INDUSTRIAL AGE (1700S TO 1930S) TELEGRAPH

1 INDUSTRIAL AGE (1700S TO 1930S) TELEPHONE 1876

2 INDUSTRIAL AGE (1700S TO 1930S) TYPEWRITER 1800

3 INDUSTRIAL AGE (1700S TO 1930S) PRINTING PRESS FOR MASS PRODUCTION

4 INDUSTRIAL AGE (1700S TO 1930S) MOTION PICTURES 1900S

ELECTRONIC AGE (1930S TO 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.

1ELECTRONIC AGE (1930S TO 1980S) TRANSISTOR RADIO

2ELECTRONIC AGE (1930S TO 1980S) TELEVISION 1941

3ELECTRONIC AGE (1930S TO 1980S) MAINFRAME COMPUTER LARGE ELECTRONIC COMPUTER

ELECTRONIC AGE (1930S TO 1980S) APPLE 1 COMPUTER

ELECTRONIC AGE (1930S TO 1980S) APPLE 2 COMPUTER

NEW/ INFORMATION AGE (1900S TO 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. Moreover, voice, image, sound and data are digitalized. We are now living in the information age.

NEW AGE (1900S TO 2000S) PORTABLE LAPTOP 1980