The Evolution of Traditional to New Media

 

 

Age	What format or equipment did people use to communicate with each other?	What format or equipment did people use to store information?	What format or equipment did people use to broadcast information?
Pre-industrial	People of the pre-industrial age used clay tablets in order to communicate with each other	The used papyrus during this age in order to store information as well as clay tablets	People of this age used cave paintings in order to broadcast information. In this age also, the printing press utilizing wood blocks was invented
Industrial age	People used telegraph or also called internet’s grandpa   IN this age, the telephone was invented	Punch cards were widely used during this period	Several devices were used during this period such as printing press, newspapers, typewriters and a motion picture projector
Electronic age	People used transistor radio in order to communicate	During the electronic age, large computers were used which slowly developed into smaller computers	During this period or age, people used television as a means in order to broadcast information
Information age	We have cellphone and social media as the most widely used form of communication with other people	we now use computers such as laptops and desktops as well as our cellphones in order to store information	With the use of the internet, broadcast of information is easy and the broadcast is in Realtime