History of Information Age Flashcards
Period starting in the last quarter of the 20th century when information became effortlessly accessible through publications and through the management of information by computers and computer networks
Information Age
Information Age is also called
Digital Age and the New Media Age
It was associated with the development of computers
Digital Age and the New Media Age
Various aspects of our society are also being influenced by the Information Age
communication, economics, industry, health and the environment
Proposed the Theory of Information Age in 1982
James R. Messenger
True new age based upon the interconnection of computers via telecommunications, with these information systems operating on both a real-time and as-needed basis
Information Age
Primary factors driving this new age
convenience and user-friendliness
