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The Evolution of Traditional to New Media

  • 35,000 BCE

    Pre Industrial Age

    Pre Industrial Age
    People discovered fire, developed paper from plants and used stones to write and communicate. (e.g: clay tablets, cave paintings, papyrus in Egypt)
  • Industrial Age

    Industrial Age
    People used the power of steam, developed machine tools for communication. (e.g: Printing Press, Newspaper, Telephone, Telegraph)
  • Electronic Age

    Electronic Age
    The invention of transistors. In this age, long distance communication became efficient. (e.g: transistor radio, Large electronic computers, Mainframe computers)
  • New Information Age

    New Information Age
    The Internet paved the way for faster communication and creation of social networking sites. The technology was more advanced and creation of mobile devices, etc. are now present. (e.g: mosaic, google, friendster, portable laptops, tablet )