information age Flashcards
knowledge communicated or obtained concerning a specific fact or circumstance.
information
facts provided or learned about something or someone
information
a period starting in the last quarter of the 20th century
information age
in this age, information became effortlessly accessible through publications and through the management of information by computers and computer networks
information age
it includes the digital age and new media age
information age
a true new age, based upon the interconnection of computers via telecommunications, with this information systems operating on both a real-time and as-needed basis.
information age
the primary factors driving the information age are ____ (2)
convenience and user-friendliness which leads to user-dependence
human cost of information overload
information anxiety
it is produced by that ever-widening gap between what we understand and what we think we should understand
information anxiety
it is the black hole between data and knowledge, and what happens when information doesn’t tell us what we want or need to know
information anxiety
truths of the information age part 1
INST
info must be complete
newer is equated with truer
selection is a viewpoint
the media sells what the culture buys
truths of the information age part 2
TYAI
the early word get the perm
you are what you eat and so is your brain
anything in great demand will be counterfeited
ideas are seen as controversial
truths of the information age part 3
UMTT
undead information walks ever on
media presence creates the story
the medium selects the message
the whole truth is a pursuit
