Survivor

Survivor is a reality game show.  In the show, contestants are isolated in the wilderness and compete for cash and other prizes. The show uses a system of progressive elimination, allowing the contestants to vote off other tribe members until only one final contestant remains and wins the title of "Sole Survivor." The concept was created by Charlie Parsons. While it has taken on many international versions it's main game is in the United States. Produced by Mark Burnette and aired on CBS.
   Survivor has been on the air since 2000 and has produced 25 Seasons, and is still contracted through season 28. Survivor is arguably the most influential television show in the history of T.V. It spawned a whole new genere, Reality Television.

Printing Press

We have talked about this in class a lot, but it needs to be mentioned. The printing press is a very influential part of our media history. The printing press is a device for evenly printing ink onto a print medium (substrate) such as paper or cloth. The device applies pressure to a print medium that rests on an inked surface made of moveable type, thereby transferring the ink. It made information fast, and was able to help information spread faster than ever before.

DVD's

I feel like DVD's were a pretty important step forward in the history of Media and entertainment. Suddenly movies were more efficent to watch. You could skip scenes with the press of one button. No rewinding was necessary either. The DVD was developed in 1995 by Phillips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic. DVD's were able to hold much more information than Video Tapes and even Compact Discs. This was also much cheaper than Video Tapes.

Time

Time is the earliest form of media there is. It’s the past, the present, and the future. It keeps the world ticking, explains when events occur, and much more. Without time we would literally have no social structure. The media works to influence people. Time does that better than anything else on this planet. It persuades us when to get up, when to eat, when to exercise, when to work and more. Many times we do these things because the clock tells us to, not because we feel like we need to. It does what the media only wishes to do.

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.