How technology has

influenced
communication
Evolution of communication
 Talking

Cavemen gathered around the fire to

discuss day to day activities. They used
grunts and sounds and then they
developed words to speak more clearly.
 Wall
painting

One day they decided to record their

activities and knowledge. They started
inscribing on caves.
 Smoke signal
-long distance
communication

Each tribe in North America had its own

signal and system. Mostly used to alert
danger.
Vatican city
 Pigeons

Pigeons were effective as messengers due

to their natural homing abilities.
They were great helpers in World War I
and World War II.
Trained pigeon could carry up to75 g on
their back.
Semaphore flag/Maritime flag

It was designated for use on ships and

boats. Its a visual signal with hand-held
flag, rods, disk, paddles or bare hands.
Mostly used for emergency.
 System transporting postcards, letters,
parcels.
The postal system was expensive, confusing
and seen as corrupt.
Letters were paid for by the recipient rather
than the sender, and were charged according
to the distance the letter had travelled and
the number of sheets of paper it contained.

Pony Express ->Post

Telegraph

Telegraph was the greatest invention in the

field of communication.Telegraph used
electrical signals conveyed via
telecommunication lines or radio.
People could transmit information across both
continents and oceans.
 Morse code is a method of transmitting
text information as a series of on-off
tones, lights, or clicks that can be directly
understood by a skilled listener or
observer without special equipment.

Morse code
 The printing press began in 1436 (Johannes
Gutenberg). This invention led to an entire
new era of mass communication. By 2007
there were 7000 daily newspapers.
Current events,
informative articles,
advertising.

Newspaper
Telephone

Used for diplomatic purposes (only rich

people could afford). The telephone could
trasmit and receive sound.
This enabled humans to speak directly to
another from long distances.
 In 1888 Heinrich Hertz demonstrated
radio waves.
World War 1 & 2 accelarated the
development of radio for military, aircraft
and land communication.
The radio provided a means of mass
communication.

Radio
 When TV first came out in 1921, it was
black and white. It has been created to
transmit and receive moving images
with or without sound.

Television
From local to global
 Computers are critical for communication and
are the centerpiece of information
technology.
Email, websites, blogs, social networking,
video chat.
Today, many traditional communication
modes including postal mail and landline
phones seem obsolete.

Computers
 What do you use
your computer for??
 One of the newest way of communication
were cellphones. Cellphones are portable
telephones.

Cellphones.

Smartphones
 Email, communicators (Gadu-gadu), video
conferences (Skype), language (text
messages, eg. LOL).

Internet
 Making friends easily
Speedy Communication
In touch with the world
Finding common ground in an open society

Social networking
 A false sense of connection
Loneliness
Weakened real connection
Waste of time
Self-esteem affected
Cyberbullying
Constant need to share
Decreased face to face interaction
FOMO

Social media side effects on

communication
 New technologies
should improve your
life, NOT BECOME
your life!!!!