Communication

By Trinity Richmond
  • Oct 19, 1500

    Printing Press

    Printing Press
    In Europe in the mid-15th century Johannes Gutenburg invented the printing press, which made books much cheaper and allowed newspapers to be invented.
  • Period: Oct 19, 1500 to

    Communication

    How communication has changed over the years.

  • Letters

    Letters
    People communicated by writing letters in the 1700s: however sending letters was a slow and unreliable process.

  • Telegraph

    The telegraph was a machine invented in the early 1800s. It made use of electricity, which was still somewhat of a novelty at the time, to transmit messages.

  • Newspaper

    Newspaper
    Other forms of communication in the 1800s were paper and pencil, newspapers and storytelling.

  • Telegraph

    Telegraph
    The telegraph was a machine invented in the early 1800s. It made use of electricity, which was still somewhat of a novelty at the time, to transmit messages.

  • Telephone

    Telephone
    There was a telegraph service for people to communicate before the invention of the telephone around 1900.

  • Newspaper

    Newspaper
    Newspaper were also used in 1903.

  • Phone

    Phone
    In 1912 very few households had a phone of their own.

  • Radio

    Radio
    In 1920, radio became the first form of mass-communication.

  • Telegrams

    Telegrams
    In 1985 telegrams were the most common way to send a message if it was urgent and/or needed to be sent long distance.

  • Internet

    Internet
    In the early 21st century the internet became an important form of communication. Today email has become one of the most popular methods of communication.