a short history of media

What is multimedia?

Media is a way to communicate information from person to person

What does multi mean?

any more words with multi in them you know?

Multimedia

combination & integration of media

Multimedia

Many more options

Also –

A collective noun for type of type of media In computers terms it is the name of storage

Modern media is made by a small number of people

Media is shared to a large number of people

Usually relies on technology

Media with storage and transmission began more than 30,000 years ago (cave painting)

This is a 16,000 year old cave painting from Lascaux, France

The first alphabet is over 3000 years old.

This is an Egyptian alphabet from 1700 B.C.E.

The Diamond Sutra 1st dated book. Printed with wooden blocks

Printed in China868 C.E.

Modern media must go out to a lot of people.

This means mass production

The Gutenberg Press Johannes Gutenberg invented 1st printing

press.

He printed 180 copiesin Europe1455 C.E.

Newspapers - 1640 With mass printing available newspapers

could be made.

1640 in EnglandThe London Gazette in 1666 was the 1st commercial newspaper

Phonograph – home audio Patented by Thomas Edison in 1877

We can finally store and transmit audio

Photographs The idea is 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 BrownieProduced in 1910

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

Movie Theatres First public 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

TV– live action in home 1936 First black & white then color

Allows us to transmitMore media to more people

1st Color TV

Philo Farnswoth in 1928 was the inventor

Business Computers Not for homes. They were huge!

IBM Business Computer1964

Video players– 1971 movies in your home

Sony made first VCRPublically available oneIn 1971 – cost $1400

Video cassettes - 1976 A long battle between VHS and BetaMax

VHS wins the battle

Betamax

VHS

Walkman - 1979 Take your music with you. Revolutionary portable media

Sony Walkman

CD Players – 1982 Play better quality music in your home

This is a 1980s erahome CD player

Along come digital cameras Digital camera were invented in the 1950s Consumers could by them in 1994

Apple and Kodakboth made consumer Cameras.

This is the Apple Quicktake 100 – costs more than $1000

Consumer Computers Not yet popular but soon!!

Apple Computers in1976

The Apple I & Apple II, TRS-80 and Commodore computers were released in this era

Personal Computers 1977 - 81

1981 IBM – PC

Price?

$4000

Personal Computers 1984 Now it has a mouse!!

1984 MacintoshHow much?$2495

Buy a hard drive for $1500

Microsoft Windows & Apple Developed GUI to make use easier

1984 Macintosh1995 Windows 3.1

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.

Personal Media Players - 2002

Very popular, can play more than just songs

An extension ofthe walkman anddiscman

The main media has stayed the same

Storing and transmitting information – audio and visual

ELECTRONICS DO NOT REPLACE MEDIA.

THEY ARE NOT MEDIA.

THEY ARE A TOOL TO HELP US MAKE AND SHOW MULTIMEDIA.