As time continued, one of the earliest forms of print was established in the Eastern Hemisphere (Gascoigne, 2001). In efforts to maintain accurate records of text, Confucian scholars would use a technique similar to brass rubbing. By the 11th Century, the Chinese progress to develop movable type (Gascoigne, 2001). Movable type was mostly reusable; individual letters carved into wood that can be arranged to copy several texts. Fueled by the expansion of public education and public interest, inventors and distributors began to look for faster ways to meet the public demands of their widening audiences. Influence by the Eastern movable types, Johannes Gutenberg, paves the way by making a printing press that satisfies the demands of the public with fewer expenses (Pettegree, 2014). Gutenberg printing press is followed by the rotary press and the famous letterpress of the mid-15th century (Pettegree, 2014). Printing innovations continue to change and diversify since the big press machines of old. Today, most households have direct access to a printing source. Styles of printing are generated by the individual needs of the creator and no longer require streamlined and ordered development that creates only 1 type of template. Most businesses streamlined with copiers that carry out more jobs than mere copying. Personal printers include techniques like inkjet, laser printing, and thermal printing.
Similar
to printing history, there is no one contributor of the radio invention. History pinpoints some early attempts as far
back as Thomas Edison. However, radio
evolution was generated from numerous scientists, physicist, and business
executives. From the theory revolving
electromagnetic waves and the invention of Alexander Graham Bell’s the
telegraph, radio systems developers began to look for ways for the distribute
music and voice. The success of
transmission only became achieved because the push for enhanced message
transmission during the World War I.
Interestingly, despite all the pedigree associated with the development
of radio, commercial radio broadcasting was established by the novice. Between 1915 to 1919, novice telegraph
operators who were introduced to the more advance technology (due to the WW1
efforts), were able to make the local broadcast. Hence, by 1920s commercial radio broadcasting
(such as news, music, performances), becomes the new communication medium of
most western societies. Today, many view radio as “the first modern mass medium
(Lewis, 1992, pg26)”. It provided the
immediacy that the fast-growing American public needed to expand news,
entertainment, and education. Even with
the expansion of newer technologies, radio still evolves to remain an important
feature in our lives.
As
mentioned before, the radio became the launchpad for many of the electronics
that we used today (Lewis, 1999). With
similar concepts found in the development of radio. Inventors began to look for ways to transport
images with the same immediacy. The most
notable, workable model was attributed by an inventor named Paul Gottlieb
Nipkow (Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia, 1p. 1.). Nipkow provided help establish guidelines for
camera synchronization that still effect for the most modern cameras today.
Similar to same advantages radio provided for audiences, Television enhances
entertainment, educates, and empowers business.
The
last medium is my favorite internet.
Again, born for national defense efforts, the Internet origins were
evolved from the need to transfer unlimited information throughout the defense
networks. Efforts toward development
started in the 1960s (Internet, 2015).
However, internet did not meet its commercial full power until the
1980s. With the demand of the public,
the internet continues to expand to international outreach. Today, the internet serves as an international
forum for information.
In conclusion, since the onslaught of these
technologies, all societies have grown and become closer to each other. With more advancement to printing, radio,
television, and internet, our societies are becoming better informed, educated
and aware.
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