Module 7: The Age Information and the Social Flashcards
also known as the computer age, digital age, or new media age.
Information Age
True or False:
Living in the information age has brought a lot of changes to society like telegraph.
True
True or False
Before that, only local news was available in the newspapers in a timely fashion. Huge advances came thereafter.
True
True or False:
With radio, it can transmit visual images just as television transmitted sound
False:
With television, it can transmit visual images just as radio transmitted sound.
True or False:
With radio, people could hear the news soon after it occurred
True
People could see and hear the news as it happens.
Communication Satellites
True or False:
One of the greatest innovations made by technology is the television. It has a lot of advantages such as the improvement in terms of communication. People do not need to do post mails anymore just to send a message to another person, they can use a computer to send an electronic mail or e-mail. Even education improved because people can just ‘surf the net’ to find information and gain knowledge as much as they want.
False: Internet not television
A time before there were machines and tools that help perform tasks. People discovered fire, developed papers from plant forged weapons and tools with stone, bronze, copper, and iron.
Pre-Industrial Age (Before 1700)
The industrial revolution was a transition to a new manufacturing process in the period from 1760 to sometime between 1820 and 1840. People used the power of steam, developed machine tools, establish iron production, and manufacturing various products including books and newspapers through the printing press
Industrial Age (1700s to 1930s)
The invention of the transistor made the way in the electronic age. People started harnessing the power of transistors that lead to radios, electronic signals and waves, electric circuits, and the early days of modern computing.
Electronic Age (1930s – 1980s)
The Creation of the internet paved the way for a faster and efficient way of communicating with people around the world it also paved the way for social media networks. People advanced the use of microelectronics with the invention of computers and smartphones
Information Age (1980s – Present)
How did the people use/respond to Information Age?
First Function
- To Improve Everyday Life
Today, there’s scarcely an aspect of our life that isn’t being upended by the torrent of information available on the hundreds of millions of sites crowding the Internet, not to mention its ability to keep us in constant touch with each other via electronic mail. Probably the biggest payoff, however, is the billions of dollars the Internet is saving companies in producing goods and serving the needs of their customers.
How did the people use/respond to Information Age?
Second Function
- Creation of Online Communities
Online world is a vibrant social universe where many Internet users enjoy serious and satisfying contact with online communities. These online groups are made up of those who share passions, beliefs, hobbies, or lifestyles.
How did the people use/respond to Information Age?
Third Function
- Fostering the Spread of Freedom and Democracy
Internet can play a significant role in preparing people for the transition to democracy because of how the Internet delivers much more than information. The Net is open, it links people across borders, it showcases life beyond the edge of town—and that feeds a process that prepares people for an open and civil society. It has been evident that the people themselves must demand democracy. They have to seek it and grasp it—and if they don’t, democracy cannot take hold. Media coverage and information has been available to the internet and it has been used for viewing coverage of political campaigns and ensure fair election. The human spirit has to be readied, or the mechanics of democracy—the campaigns, the reporting, the voting, the honest declaration of winners and losers.
How did the people use/respond to Information Age?
Fourth Function
- An Interactive Medium
The most obvious features of the Net parallel traditional media. Like print, the Internet provides public information. Like the telephone, it permits interpersonal exchange. Like books and manuals, it offers tutorials. And like movies and TV, it provides entertainment. The Internet is a remarkable Swiss Army knife of information and communication, and unlike the other media, it does the job simultaneously in text, images, audio and video. But the Net has unique features unknown to traditional media—feedback and interactivity. These are the keys to the personalization of communication. The real promise of the Net for democracy building is how people use it. Unlike the traditional one-way flow of information where audiences remain passive receptacles, the Internet gives users an active role as it enables them to fulfill personal requests. It provides a sense of control, and its user-driven choices reinforce this medium as a metaphor for self-determination.
