The document discusses the parallel and converging development of media and computing technologies from the 19th century to present. It describes how early photographic innovations enabled new forms of visual media while computational abilities lagged behind. By the 20th century, tabulating machines began storing census and industrial data, laying the foundations for digital records. A key turning point was 1936, when the concept of the Turing Machine mirrored the process of recording movement in film. Now, computers can synthesize and manipulate all forms of media, integrating graphics, images, sound and text into computable data, with profound implications for mass communication and data processing in societies.

1. CMST 2CC3 DEVELOPMENTS IN HUMAN COMMUNICATION: PAST AND PRESENT Crowley & Heyer Chapters 39 & 40

2. Chapter 39: The Control Revolution

17. Chapter 40: The Social Shape of Electronics Main Idea This article assumes there is an intricate and symbiotic relationship between media and data collection/storing/analysis – speaks to two trajectories: development of modern media and development of computers