Media Technology - Communications Boon! (A Summary of 4 Technologies - Part 1 of 4)

           As technology has advanced, so have the different media technologies available for use by individuals and businesses alike. Media technology is the means by which information is communicated and disseminated among people. In ancient days, information was transmitted from person to person by word of mouth. As time passed, some cultures developed the written word, which was often disseminated via transcription, then, eventually the printing press. The latter half of the 19th Century saw the invention of telegraph, telephone, radio and moving picture media. The 20th Century ushered in even greater innovation with advanced cinematic and telephone development, television, and the internet. Of these media technologies, the four to be summarized in these next four posts are: print, radio, television, and the telephone.