SOCI 1F90 Chapter Notes - Chapter 17: Mechanical Television, Samuel Morse, Sumer
13 Mar 2016
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Mass media vs. mass communication: mass media device design to communicate to a mass audience, mass communication the transmission of messages by a pro or group through a device to a large audience. Prehistoric humans use cave painting as a form of communication of their ideas and emotions. 3500 bce sumerians (mesopotamia/iraq: 1st to invent a form of writing called cuneiform, cuneiform wedge shape writing develop by the ancient sumerians. 3200 bce egyptians: develop the hieroglyphics and the papyrus (4000 bce, hieroglyphics an early form of visual communication, papyrus early form of paper. 1500 bce ancient greeks: develop the first phonetic alphabet, phonetic alphabet a system of writing that used letters to represent spoken sounds, enabling the expression of complex ideas. Newspapers: thanks to the printing press -newspapers became available, newspapers recent years we have seen a shift from paper to online newspapers. Phonograph: thomas edison invented in 1877 the phonograph, the phonograph allowed to record and play sound.
