The media
The seven mass media in order of their introduction
are:
1. Print (books, pamphlets, newspapers, magazines,
etc.) from the late 15th century
2. Recordings (gramophone records, magnetic tapes,
cassettes, CDs, DVDs) from the late 19th century.
3. Cinema from about 1900. 4..
4. Radio from about 1910.
5. Television from about 1950.
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7. Mobile phones from about 2000.
Each mass medium has its own content types, its own
creative artists and technicians, and its own business
model,. The sixth and seventh media, Internet and
mobile, are often called collectively as digital media;
and the fourth and fifth, radio and TV, as broadcast
media.