Genes

Genes are what make us. Half come from your mom, half from your dad and together they create you. This is one of the earliest forms of media. The media works to to form, mold, and influence you into who you are. They show you what to believe, what not to believe, make you ask questions, but will give you answers. Genes do all of that. They influence your behaviors, your ethics, and your life. It's super weird to think about DNA and Media in the same catagory but it is media in probably the earliest form their is.

Pets

Pets are animals, of any kind, that have been tamed and trained to be kept as a friend or part of the family. They are loyal, kind, and adorable. They are a joy to have and can be great entertainment. If we look at media, one of their main goals is to entertain people. Pets = Entertainment = Media. It makes total sense. They are conversation starters, people try to have the best looking or the best trained animal, and they have a sense of pride for it. The media's goal is to get people talking and to be number one. The similarites are crazy, therefore I would consider pets to be an early form of media.

Messengers

Messages are bits of information given to people either through notes, voice recordings, or sent along through people. This is especially true in the earliest days of civilization. Sometimes you didnt have a chance to meet up with people and Gossip they would have to find a different way to communicate. As we know with media, their job is to portray information. This is what the messangers were for. If you had to tell someone about upcoming events or just wanted to let them know of juicy secrets, they would have to give it to a messanger who would then relay that information to the selected recipient. They acted as a telephone. There service could easily be considered a form of media.

Gossip

Gossip is an early form of communication in which people talk about and give opinions on current events. When looking at this in terms of media, this is it in its earliest form. The mission of the media are to portray information. Before television, radio, phones, facebook, and electricity, the only way this was possible was through spoken conversation. When this conversation was about people, there actions, or happenings around the cave dwelling it would have been considered gossip.(at least that would be the word for it today.)