Multimedia and Communication

Multimedia and Communication: History, Categories, and Features

• First impressions take 7-15 seconds, and people take 4 minutes to decide if they want to continue.
• Multimedia includes text, images, sound, animation, and video presented through various technologies.
• Communication involves the five senses and can be delivered through websites and media applications.
• Earliest human drawings and paintings were discovered in France, and the first permanent photograph was taken in the 1820s.
• The first motion picture was recorded between 1880-1890, and The Jazz Singer was the first talkie.
• The Wizard of Oz was one of the first full-length movies to use color, and Arpanet was the predecessor to the internet.
• Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web, and Mosaic was the first graphical browser for the internet.
• The Rolling Stones gave the first concert over the internet, and Toy Story was the first computer-generated full-length feature film.
• Napster revolutionized the music industry in 1999, and digital cameras became affordable in 1996.
• The internet's history began with the introduction of network technology in 1969, and the World Wide Web debuted in 1991.
• Google's search engine started operating in 1998, and Napster allowed users to share MP3s in 1999.
• Multimedia categories include entertainment, publishing, and education/training, and multimedia features include interactivity, hyperlinking, and computer-based delivery.