A Communication Timeline

A Communication Timeline

105 – Paper invented by China.

Before the Chinese started writing on paper, humans used stone and wood to write on. Paper revolutionized communication by being mobile.

350 – First calendars used in Mayan culture.

The Mayans not only noticed the cycles of the moon and the seasons, but they actually created a calendar to document time.

1436 – Johannes Gutenberg invents movable letters for the printing press.

Hand copying works of literature was a long and arduous process .The printing press lead to mass distribution of books, letters, and the bible.

1729 – Stephen Gray discovers electrical conductivity.

Electrical conductivity might not seem too pertinent to communication, however, without this discovery, many of today’s communication tools wouldn’t be able to function.

1787 – First working telegraph.

The telegraph was a primitive version of both a telephone call, and an e-mail.

1868 – The typewriter is patented

The typewriter made writing quick and easy, and eventually lead to the keyboards that computers rely on today.

1925 – John Logie Baird demonstrates first television broadcast.

Television has become one of the most powerful tools in communication, including news broadcast, weather broadcasts, and eventually a predominant political venue.

1951 – UNIVAC 1 computer is the first to be manufactured commercially.

The UNIVAC 1 was a large computer, which only computed simple arithmetic, yet paved the way for businesses to rely on computers.

1975 – The first personal computer is introduced.

This was the first computer designed for personal use.

1989 – The world-wide-web is introduced.

The internet, in it’s current www/.com form, was introduced to the public, e-mails and personal websites were now possible.

1991 – CD-ROM is introduced.

Compact discs started being used to store information. This was more effective, and could hold more than floppy discs.

1995/1996 – The internet and instant messaging became popular via AOL.

American Online became extremely popular, along with the use of instant messaging.

2004 – Facebook was created

Facebook lead the social networking revolution by allowing people to share, pictures, comments, and videos.

2006 – Twitter was created

Twitter took the basic idea of social networking websites and made mass communication in its simplest form easy and popular.