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Developments in the world of information dissemination

The world has gone through many transformations in everything related to the field of information distribution. This article will help you understand what the various developments in communications were and how this manifested itself in 2015

Internet on mobile phones and tablets. Photo: shutterstock
Internet on mobile phones and tablets. Photo: shutterstock

 

The world has gone through many transformations in everything related to the field of information distribution. This article will help you understand what the various developments in communications were and how this manifested itself in 2015.

The history - the various transformations
It is impossible to ignore the fact that the world has gone through many transformations in regards to the field of communication and the distribution of information:

  • Printing - if at the beginning printing was invented and the main means of distribution were books, newspapers and various magazines, very quickly the field expanded and progressed to the next stage, the telecommunications stage.
  • Telecommunication - at this stage the main stars that were invented and used to spread information were the telegraph and the telephone that we are so familiar with and that are used by us to this day.
  • Radio - The next step was reflected in the invention of the radio.
  • Visuals - the stage after that already included everything related to the invention of visual communication which included everything related to photography and different movies that people went to the cinema.
  • Television - at some point the television and all its derivatives were invented, if we are talking about home cinema systems and more.
  • Digitally - this is about the stage in which the computer, the Internet and all the software and applications that we use today to spread information, advertise various products and services and more were invented.

 

Different distribution methods
If in the past the main method of distribution was printing and each company would print what it had to say through various announcements and advertising signs, very quickly printing was abandoned in favor of the fax and so each of us made sure to transfer information about courses, studies, launch evenings and special events from our fax to the faxes of private individuals and companies at lightning speed. The progress in the field was very fast and in fact it seems that in the last two decades the world has undergone so many changes as a result of the advancement of technology that before one gets used to one means of distribution, the next means is immediately invented, as happened in the case of electronic mail, software Sending SMS from the computer and more. As of today, most people use all existing means of distribution through one tool - the computer. How It Works? A few pieces of information that will be an intuition for the product.

All developments on one computer
As of today, any business can distribute any material it is interested in using its computer. All he has to do is download several programs to his computer that allow quick and easy distribution to any target audience he is interested in. Examples of this are the following programs:

  • Fax on the computer - it is possible to use online fax software or download special fax software installed on the computer. Using this fax it is possible to send any piece of information to any phone around the world directly from the computer and even get a confirmation for it.
  • SMS from the computer - if in the past, we had to start typing the phone numbers of the people we wanted to send a written message to, which required us to use the phone, today it is possible to send SMS from the computer to any destination we are interested in.

 

In conclusion, the technological progress and transformation allows each of us the convenience, speed and ease of distributing any piece of information that we wish to distribute using one device, our computer.

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