The Evolution of New Media
In our world where technology has been prominent, people have always relied on communication to strengthen their relationships. Interacting with friends and family across long distances has been achieved through media. Media has been convenient in people’s lives today and looking back to how it was developed says a lot about how the world changed since technology has been adopted.
Tracing back to the roots of media, it was said that the earliest methods of communicating across great distances used written correspondence delivered by hand from one person to another. In other words, they used letters. These letters were sent through postal services which started in 550 B.C.
In 1792, the telegraph was invented. This allowed messages to be delivered over a long distance faster and was considered a revolutionary way to convey news and information.
In 1890, the telephone was invented. A year after, in 1891, the radio was invented. Telephone lines and radio signals enabled people to communicate across great distances instantaneously.
In the 1940s, computers were invented. A machine that was used as a medium to use media efficiently. In the 1960s, the earliest form of the internet was developed. Following a decade later, in the 1970s, Advanced technologies have been developed and the decade was known as the “Age of Technology”.
In the 1980s, New media started. Where means of communication was achieved through digital technologies such as the Internet. From then on, other media were developed. Google was created in 1998. Facebook was created in 2004 and Youtube in 2005. And in 2010, new forms of social media were developed.
The Media has influenced individuals on their way of living especially today that technology is widely used. It has helped people live an efficient and convenient life.