Although the term is usually associated with content recorded on a storage medium, recordings are not required for live broadcasting and online networking.
Any equipment used in the electronic communication process (e.g. television, radio, telephone, desktop computer, game console, handheld device) may also be considered electronic media.
History of development[edit]
Transmission
Wire and transmission lines
Telegraph 1795-1832
Facsimile 1843-1861
Telephone 1849-1877
Coaxial cable 1880
Fiber Optics 1956-1970
Wireless
Radio 1897-1920
Satellite 1958-1972
Free Space Optics 1960s
Internet
Downloading 1969 (first protocols for transferring files )
Live Streaming 1996 (RTP protocol)
Display and Output
Information Processing 1940s (Term)
Galvanometer 18
Telegraph Sounder 1844
Telephone Receiver 1849-1877
Light red 1801-1883
Neon 1893-1902
Teleprinter 1910
CRT 1922
Radio/Television Tuner 1894-1927
Speaker/Headphones 1876-1928/1930s
LED/LCD 1955-1962/1968
Laser Light Show 1970s
Computer Monitor 1950s/1976 (for PCs)
Large Electronic Display 1985
HDTV 1936 (Term) 1990s (Standards)
HMD 1968-current
Electrical Signal Processing
Capture 1745 (Capacitor)
Analog methods of Encoding 1830s (Morse code)
Electronic Modulating 1832-1927
Electronic Multiplexing 1853 (TDM)
Digitizing