Evolution Of Media In The Philippines.docx

EVOLUTION OF MEDIA IN THE PHILIPPINES

1500 PRE-COLONIAL TRACES Baybayin or Alibata (known in Unicode as the Tagalog script) is a pre-Hispanic Philippine writing system that originated from the Javanese script Old Kawi. The writing system is a member of the Brahmic family and is believed to be in use as early as the 14th century. It continued to be in use during the Spanish colonization of the Philippines up until the late 19th Century. The term baybayin literally means spelling. Closely related scripts are Hanunoo, Buhid, and Tagbanwa.

1811 THE PRINT INDUSTRY AND THE FILIPINO FREEDOM This is where Philippines was introduced to books, magazines, and newspapers like "La Solidaridad" by the Spaniards who colonized the Philippines for about 333 years. When the Filipinos got the freedom, the Americans then taught English language and other forms of media like newspapers. On the other hand, the Japanese put media run under tight control until the country was liberated form the Japanese rule.

1860 THE INDUSTRIAL AGE Hand tools and power-driven machines are starting to develop in this age. The printing press spread within several decades to over two hundred cities in a dozen European countries.In the 16th century, with presses spreading further afield, their output rose tenfold to an estimated 150 to 200 million copies.The operation of a press became synonymous with the enterprise of printing, and lent its name to a new branch of media, "the press".