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- 2. Media is away to communicate information from person to person
- 3. What doesmulti mean? any more words with multi in them you know? Multimedia
- 4. combination & integration ofmedia Multimedia
- 5. Many more options Also – A collective noun for type of type of media In computers terms it is the name of storage
- 6. Modern mediais made by a small number of people Media is shared to a large number of people Usually relies on technology
- 7. Media withstorage and transmission began more than 30,000 years ago (cave painting) This is a 16,000 year old cave painting from Lascaux, France
- 8. The firstalphabet is over 3000 years old. This is an Egyptian alphabet from 1700 B.C.E.
- 9. The Diamond Sutra 1st dated book. Printed with wooden blocks Printed in China 868 C.E.
- 10. Modern media mustgo out to a lot of people. This means mass production
- 11. The Gutenberg Press Johannes Gutenberg invented 1st printing press. He printed 180 copies in Europe 1455 C.E.
- 12. Newspapers - 1640 With mass printing available newspapers could be made. 1640 in England The London Gazette in 1666 was the 1st commercial newspaper
- 13. Phonograph – homeaudio Patented by Thomas Edison in 1877 We can finally store and transmit audio
- 14. Photographs The ideais more than 1000 years old. George Eastman made it more available to the public in 1888 and founded the Eastman Kodak Company in 1892 The Kodak Brownie Produced in 1910
- 15. Radio - 1894 Finally wireless and paperless transmission of information is available. The history is clouded. Many people claim to have done it first. Nikola Tesla was most likely 1st
- 16. Movie Theatres Firstpublic movie show in New York, 1896 Now we can store And transmit video The first full length film (12 minutes) was The Great Train Robbery made in 1903
- 17. TV– live actionin home 1936 First black & white then color Allows us to transmit More media to more people 1st Color TV Philo Farnswoth in 1928 was the inventor
- 18. Business Computers Notfor homes. They were huge! IBM Business Computer 1964
- 19. Video players– 1971 moviesin your home Sony made first VCR Publically available one In 1971 – cost $1400
- 20. Video cassettes -1976 A long battle between VHS and BetaMax VHS wins the battle Betamax VHS
- 21. Walkman -1979 Take your music with you. Revolutionary portable media Sony Walkman
- 22. CD Players– 1982 Play better quality music in your home This is a 1980s era home CD player
- 23. Along comedigital cameras Digital camera were invented in the 1950s Consumers could by them in 1994 Apple and Kodak both made consumer Cameras. This is the Apple Quicktake 100 – costs more than $1000
- 24. Consumer Computers Notyet popular but soon!! Apple Computers in 1976 The Apple I & Apple II, TRS-80 and Commodore computers were released in this era
- 25. Personal Computers 1977- 81 1981 IBM – PC Price? $4000
- 26. Personal Computers 1984 Now it has a mouse!! 1984 Macintosh How much? $2495 Buy a hard drive for $1500
- 27. Microsoft Windows &Apple Developed GUI to make use easier 1984 Macintosh1995 Windows 3.1
- 28. From 1977 –today Computers have advanced rapidly They have come from massive machines to small laptops with more power. Computers are used in many parts of our daily life.
- 29. Personal MediaPlayers - 2002 Very popular, can play more than just songs An extension of the walkman and discman
- 30. The mainmedia has stayed the same Storing and transmitting information – audio and visual
- 31. ELECTRONICS DONOT REPLACE MEDIA. THEY ARE NOT MEDIA. THEY ARE A TOOL TO HELP US MAKE AND SHOW MULTIMEDIA.