We trace the history of human communication from our earliest ancestors millions of years ago and the development of spoken and written language, the earliest expressions of art, sculpture, architecture, music, and literature, the development of mass media, and the technologies that changed the world - the printing press, photography, telegraph, telephone, film, radio, and television, our current Information Age, the rise of the internet and the future of human communication.

Part 2 of this class will focus on the technological developments of the industrial revolution and the 20th century communication innovations.