The Evolution of Traditional to New Media
Pre-industrial age (before 1700)
People discovered fire,
developed paper from plants, and forged weapons and tools with stone, bronze,
copper and iron.
Example:
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:
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.
Example:
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.
Example:
• web browsers: mosaic (1993), internet explorer(1995)
• blogs: blogspot (1999), wordpress (2003)
• social networks: friendster (2002), multiply(2003), fb (2004), instagram
• microblogs: twitter (2006), tumblr (2007)
• video: youtube (2005)
• video chat: skype (2003)
• search engines: google(1996), yahoo (1995)
• portable computers- laptops (1980), netbooks(2008), tablets (1993)
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