Welcome to the Media Museum of Northern California

The Media Museum, currently a virtual museum, leads the discussion about the cultural, creative, and social significance and history of television, radio, newspaper, and explores emerging platforms for the professional community and media-interested public.

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The History & Evolution of Social Media Social media has become an integral part of modern society. There are general social networks with user bases larger than the population of most countries. There are niche sites for virtually every sp... Read more...	Early broadcasting In San Francisco Radio broadcasting as an experimental concept had an early start in the San Francisco Bay area with the activities of Doc Herrold in San Jose. Herrold's station which started broadcasting on... Read more...	Digital Television: A New Era All US full-power analog TV broadcasts came to an end on June 12, 2009. New television devices that receive signals over-the-air, including pocket sized portable televisions, personal computer video capture ca... Read more...
Radio Matters During the Depression of the 1930s, radio broadcasting brought hope to a dispirited populace. It brought the entertainment of comedy, drama, and music, plus news and information. It brought inspiring wo... Read more...	The First Newspaper in California The first newspaper in California launched in Monterey on Aug. 15, 1846, with a blockbuster story: news of the declaration of war with Mexico.The paper, named The Californian, was founded by... Read more...	Philo Farnsworth and San Francisco He was little known, yet he changed the world. He often worked alone in his laboratory, yet he battled the Goliath of his time, RCA. His inventions made possible the ... Read more...