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About the site
The core of the site is Chronomedia, a
chronology of international media development with one page for each year from
1885. Years prior to that, for each of which there is less information, are
grouped in small batches of five years between 1820 and 1884 or larger groupings before that.
Cross-referencing has been included
to make it possible to follow themes as they develop over time. Clicking on a
highlighted word or phrase will usually link to a previous event, less often a
subsequent one; small arrows may also activate such links, especially to the next in time.
Within Chronomedia there are also
links to other areas of the site.
The Quotations department is arranged
alphabetically by
source, one letter per page. An index of
names has links to individuals quoted. An index by subject is also
provided (already extensive but still being compiled).
Special themes have their own areas. These are all in development and include
• The quest for home video: A step-by-step account
of the hundred-year development of technologies that have worked towards the
video market we know today.
• Cinema-television: A similar section
devoted to the topic of using television technology to present large-screen
public entertainment and information.
• Media change: Short pieces examining the effect
of innovation at critical periods of media development, such as the introduction
of potentially challenging new technologies.
• A section compiling information about Law,
regulation and censorship is also mainly limited to UK experience but is now also
beginning to look at such issues as international trade and relations.
• Contemporary documents gathers original
source material to set historical events in their contemporary context.
The Statistics section is concerned at the
moment mainly with only historical British data.
The Reference section includes useful lists.
Early development of Chronomedia was financially assisted by the
Kraszna-Krausz Foundation.
Comments and proposed corrections are most welcome.
Some items in PDF format require the Adobe Acrobat Reader. Download it
here.
Conventions used throughout this website.
