INDUSTRIAL AGE

(1700s – 1930s)
 INDUSTRIAL AGE
(1700s – 1930s)

The Industrial Age marked the invention and the

usage of automated machineries to spread the
information. Basically, it innovated the use of
automation in order to speed up the process of
disseminating information and such processes.
 1640

NEWSPAPER
A printed publication
(usually issued daily or
weekly) consisting of folded
unstapled sheets and
containing news, feature
articles, advertisements,
and correspondence.
e.g. The London Gazette
1800’
sPRINTING PRESS FOR MASS
PRODUCTION
Johannes Gutenberg developed a press that
mechanized the transfer of ink from movable
type to paper. Adapting the screw mechanisms
found in wine presses, papermakers' presses
and linen presses, Gutenberg developed a press
perfectly suited for printing. The first
printing press allowed for an assembly line-
style production process that was much more
efficient than pressing paper to ink by hand.
1800

TYPEWRITER
An electric, electronic, or
manual machine with keys for
producing printlike
characters one at a time on
paper inserted around a
roller.
 1855

TELEGRAPH
A system for transmitting
messages from a distance
along a wire, especially one
creating signals by making
and breaking an electrical
connection.
1876

TELEPHONE
A system that converts
acoustic vibrations to
electrical signals in order
to transmit sound, typically
voices, over a distance
using wire or radio.
 1890

PUNCH CARDS
A card perforated according
to a code, for controlling
the operation of a machine,
used in voting machines and
formerly in programming and
entering data into
computers.
1890
MOTION PICTURE
PHOTOGRAPHY/PROJECTION
Motion picture is a series
of still photographs on
film, projected in rapid
succession onto a screen by
means of light. Because of
the optical phenomenon known
as persistence of vision,
this gives the illusion of
actual, smooth, and
continuous movement.
 1913
COMMERCIAL
MOTION PICTURE
A film, also called a movie,
motion picture, theatrical
film, or photoplay, is a
series of still images
which, when shown on a
screen, creates the illusion
of moving images due to the
phi phenomenon.
1926
MOTION PICTURE
WITH SOUNDS
A sound film is a motion
picture with synchronized
sound, or sound technologically
coupled to image, as opposed to
a silent film. The first known
public exhibition of projected
sound films took place in Paris
in 1900, but decades passed
before sound motion pictures
were made commercially
practical.
 INDUSTRIAL AGE
(1700s – 1930s)

The Industrial Age also marked important events that

are influential to the society today.
STRUGGLE TOWARDS AN
INDEPENDENT PRESS
An infamous event that occurred in America was
the Penny Press, in which individual printing
presses were trying to establish individualism
and freedom of speech against the controlling
British government. This became essential in
achieving America’s independence. A similar
idea occurred in the Philippines in the form
of the newspaper named La Solidaridad.
Yellow
Journalism
This event pertained to the writing convention
of newspapers, in which journalist did not
base their writings in pure facts and truth,
but in dramatism and over sensationalized
subjects. Journalists who practiced this
typically write about scandals, big news
(though fake or false), and horrid visuals to
attract writers.
 ACTIVITY
Write a short reflection of the following topics:
- Yellow Journalism in the contemporary period -
- The influence of the inventions of the Industrial
Age in the contemporary period -