MODULE 6 Flashcards
(30 cards)
A combination of sounds and message.
WORD
Words are informed
(Chaisson, 2006; Ben-Naim, 2015)
information
The scientific search for truth and the ability it gave to make sense of nature
language
Language was an object worthy of admiration.
greeks
one kind of knowledge the Greeks wanted to understand
science
use of digits or numbers as a code for various information
digital age
information is read by computers
computer age
utilization of digital platforms, unlike the traditional media such as radio, television, and newspapers
new media age
- It is the structure of communication
- It is subject to transmission, interpretation, and processing
- It is one of the most valuable assets today
- It is considered the “new oil”
- Readily available and accessible anytime and anywhere because of the internet
information
an electronic device that stores and process data (information).
computer
Several historians trace the origin of the internet to
- father of information theory
Claude F. Shannon
a world wide system of interconnected networks that facilitate data transmission among innumerable computers
internet
- defined as a period starting in the last quarter of the 20th century
- also called the ________ and the ________
- Digital Age
- New Media Age
INFORMATION AGE
printing press
Johannes Gutenberg
1440
broke the enigma code
Alan Turing
1936
Harvard mark 1 enigma
1939-1944
personal computers
1970
apple inc
steve wozniak steve jobs
1976
soc med platforms
1973-present
defining characteristics of information age
- shift from industrial production to one based on information and computerization
(change in focus from industry to information) - accelerated growth of icts and other electronics
- exponential growth of data
- expansion of digital universe
- exabyte unit of data
EXPLOSION OF INFORMATION
IMPACT OF INFORMATION AGE
- economy and commerce
- education
- private life
- government and politics
economy and commerce
- computerized manufacturing
- outsourcing
- improves data storage and file management
- creative destruction (steel and aluminum to plastics; paper to computer; shopping malls & libraries to internet)
education
- computer-assisted learning
- virtual classroom
- distance learning
- online education
– a situation where there is an overabundance of data due to the rapid increase in the amount of information being published.
– The influx of information being easily accessible makes the processing of these data difficult for the user leading to information overload
information explosion
