L4-11 Flashcards
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- People discovered fire, developed paper from plants, and forged weapons and tools with stone, bronze, copper and iron.
−Humans are not quite literate.
Pre-Industrial Age (before 1700s)
−also called parietal art.
−one of the few ways we get a true glimpse into our past.
−Materials used: quite limited-relied on natural elements from the environment like mud, colorful rocks, animal blood, saliva, animal fat, etc.
Cave paintings (35,000 BC)
Modern word of Papyrus
Paper
−writing material made from the papyrus plant, a reed which grows in the marshy areas around the Nile river.
−used as a writing material as early as 3,000 BC in ancient Egypt.
−continued to be used to some extent until around 1100 AD.
Papyrus in Egypt (2500 BC)
Current name of Mesopotamia
Iraq
−writing medium in the Ancient Near East.
−throughout the Bronze Age and well into the Iron Age.
Clay tablets in Mesopotamia (2400 BC)
what do you call the characters that were imprinted on a wetclay tabletwith a stylus often made of reed.
Cuneiform
−Content of the Roman Stone, Metal, or Papyri “Newspapers”
−said to have first appeared around 131/130 BC during the Roman Republic.
− kept the ancient inhabitants of Rome up to date with current events.
−contained various forms of news, ranging from the official to entertainment, and even astrological readings.
−Used to inform the residents of Rome.
Acta Diurna in Rome (130BC)
−“Reports from the official residences”
Dibao in China (2nd Century)
−type of publications issued by central and local governments in imperial China.
the only official government newspaper published by the ancient Chinese central government in different dynasties.
Dibao in China (2nd Century)
general term to describe the ancient Chinese gazette.
Dibao
2 different types of names used to describe DIbao
Palace reports and imperial bulletins
folding books written by the pre-Columbian Maya civilization
Codex in the Mayan region (5th Century)
singular codex
Maya codices
script that is used in codex in the mayan region
Maya hieroglyphic script
Type of paper used in codex in the mayan region
Mesoamerican bark paper
products of professional scribes working under the patronage of deities such as
−Tonsured Maize God and the Howler Monkey Gods.
Technique for printing text, images or patterns used widely throughout East Asia and originating in China in antiquity as a method of printing on textiles and later paper.
Woodblock printing
−Prior to the invention of woodblock printing, seals and stamps were used for making impressions.
Printing press using wood blocks (220 AD
−People used the power of steam, developed machine tools, established iron production, and the manufacturing of various products (including books through the printing press).
Industrial age
type of evolution : Punch cards
Industrial
invention of the transistor
−People harnessed the power of transistors that led to the transistor radio, electronic circuits, and the early computers.
long distance communication became more efficient.
ELECTRONIC AGE 1930s-1980s
−Internet paved the way for faster communication and the creation of the social network.
− People advanced the use of microelectronics with the invention of personal computers, mobile devices, and wearable technology.
−voice, image, sound and data are digitalized.
Information Age (1900s-2000s)
−Marshall Mcluhan
−Media and communication have and will always significantly affect and change our way of life.
−Society is driven by changes in media and communication technology.
Technological Determinism Theory