Communication History Terms

Commmunication in the form of spoken or written words

Communication in the form of gestures eye contact, or tone of voice

Something that represents or stands for something else

Around 30,000BC murals were painted on cave walls that told stories of battles, hunts, and culture

Around 10,000 BC images were creating by removing part of a rock surface by incising, pecking, carving, and abrading

9,000 BC saw the development of pictures that represent an object or an idea

A written character that symbolizes the idea of a thing without indicating the sounds used to say it , e.g ., numerals and Chinese chracters

A sequence of letters , words , or symbols marked on paper or other surface. Appeared around 2700BC

A set of letters or symbols in a fixed order 1700BC

Johann Gutenburg invented an actual printing press in 1450

In 1714 an Englishman , Henry Mill receive the first patent for a typewriter

1831 Joseph Henry invents the first electric telegraph. 1832 Samuel Morse invents Morse code

Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone in Boston in 1876

1951 The first commercially avalable "mass produced " electronic computer entered the market

In 1973 a global computer network emerged providing a variety of information and communication facilities.

2003- Softwaer that allows you to call people on their computers or phones