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ENGLISH 5
Lesson 2: Evolution of media
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| refers to the various means of communication used to reach and influence a large audience | MEDIA |
| the main means of mass communication | MEDIA |
| What is Media comprised of? | It comprises news, art, educational content, and any form of information that can reach or influence people. |
| What are the periods of media? | Pre-industrial age, industrial age, electronic age, information age |
| People discovered fire, developed paper from plants, and forged weapons and tools with stone, bronze, copper and iron. | Pre-industrial Age (Before 1700s) |
| Which year(s) were the pre-industrial age? | Before 1700s |
| Which period of media was before 1700s? | Pre-industrial Age |
| What are the forms of media during pre-industrial age (before 1700s)? | ·Cave Paintings (35,000 BC) ·Clay Tablets in Mesopotamia (2400 BC) ·Papyrus in Egypt (2500 BC) ·Acta Diurna in Rome (130 BC) ·Dibao in China (2nd Century) ·Codex in Mayan region (5th Century) ·Printing Press using wood blocks (220 AD) |
| People used the power of steam, developed machine tools, established iron production, and the manufacturing of various products (including books through the printing press) | Industrial Age (1700s to 1930s) |
| Which year(s) were the Industrial age? | 1700s to 1930s |
| Which period of media was 1700s to 1930s? | Industrial Age |
| What are the forms of media during industrial age (1700s to 1930s)? | ·Printing press for mass production (1600) ·Newspaper – The London Gazette (1665) ·Typewriter (1800) ·Telephone (1876) ·Motion pictures/projection (1890) ·Sound films (1926) ·Telegraph ·Punch Cards |
| The invention of the transistor ushered in this age. People harnessed the power of transistors. | Electronic Age (1930s to 1980s) |
| Which year(s) were the Electronic age? | 1930s to 1980s |
| Which period of media was 1930s to 1980s? | Electronic Age |
| What are the forms of media during the Electronic Age (1930s to 1980s)? | ·Transistor Radio ·Commercial Television (early to mid-1940) ·Large electronic computers (1940-1950) ·Mainframe computers (1960) ·Personal computers (late 1960s) ·Overhead projectors / OHP (late 1950-1960) ·LCP projectors (mid to late 1980s) |
| The internet paved the way for faster communication and the creation of social networks. | Information Age (mid 1900s to 2000s) |
| Which year(s) were the Information age? | mid 1900s to 2000s |
| Which period of media was mid 1900s to 2000s? | Information Age |
| What are the forms of media during the Information Age (1930s to 1980s)? | -Web Browsers -Search Engines -Blogging Sites -Social Networks -Microblogging sites -Photo and video-sharing Websites -Instant Messaging and Video -Conference -Portable Laptops -Mobile Phones -Watch Technologies -Cloud and Big data |
| Why is Media important? | -Entertainment and providing an outlet for the imagination -Education and information -Serves as a public forum for significant issues to be addressed and discussed -Acts as a watchdog for government, business, and other institutions |
| Long-distance communication became possible due to start of this period | Electronic age(?) |
| In this period, people made use of air access to communication. | Electronic Age(?) |
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