Unit 3: Chapter 1-3

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  • The development of the information age led to what we have today: online and social media. And this progress will further fuel useful technologies in the future.
  • Old technologies
    • Clock
    • Compass
    • Calendar
  • Old technologies
    • Now just simple functions of a smartphone
  • Old technologies
    • Photocopier
    • Printing press
    • Typewriter
  • New technologies
    • Can do more than a typewriter, or a photocopier
  • Old technologies
    • CRT television
  • New technologies
    • Homes have smart TVs, which have the function of a TV but offer additional smart features
  • Information
    Comes from the Latin word, informare, which means to give form, shape, or meaning to something
  • Structure of information
    • Involves three essential attributes: agent, sign, and thing
  • The agent is the one interpreting the thing, which is then represented by the sign
  • Pre-Gutenberg era
    Information is hard to replicate and distribute, mostly transmitted by word-of-mouth, and only the elite has access to information
  • Gutenberg era
    One can mass produce information such as books, but the cost is expensive, and this era birthed the rise of information mediation institutions
  • Post-Gutenberg era
    Mass distribution became easier, and access to information became somewhat free, this era also marks the rise of social media
  • The information age has led to new advances in science and technology, which further enhance our current technology
  • Advances in technology
    We now become too dependent on it
  • The information age has brought convenience and efficiency in our daily tasks, but many of us are already addicted to social media apps
  • The development of information age led to what we have today?
    online
    • social media
  • Examples of obselete technology, what are these?

    •CRT televisons
    •photocopier
    •printing press
    •typewriter
  • Information came from the latin word?
    informare
  • Information came from the latin word: informare, which means to?

    which means to give form, shape, or meaning to something
  • what is the main purpose of information?
    communication
  • When does information lose its purpose?

    If it's not conveyed to someone or something, then information loses its purpose
  • Information can convey a representation of our reality.
    True
  • The structure of information usually involves three essential attributes, what are these.?

    •agent
    •sign
    •thing
  • What is the one representing the thing?
    •agent
  • Which is then represented by?
    •sign
  • What is the agent?

    •man
  • If based on the difficulty of access and distribution of information, then we can revolve around the invention of?

    printing press
  • What allowed the mass distribution of information?

    Printing press
  • Who invented the printing press?

    Johannes Gutenberg
  • Before the invention of printing press, information is?

    hard to replicate and distribute
  • What are the characteristics of Pre-Gutenberg Era?

    •difficulty of access and distribution of information
    •information is hard to replicate and distribute
    •information is mostly transmitted by word-of-mouth
    •only the elite have access to information
    •most books in this era are hand-written
  • What era is the invention of printing press?

    Gutenberg Era
  • One can mass produce information but the cost is expensive?
    Gutenberg era
  • This era birthed the rise of Information Meditation Institutions.
    Gutenberg era
  • What is Information Meditation Institution?

    These are businesses that use information as a currency such as news, banks, and music industries.
  • These institutions produce what we call as traditional media?

    Information Meditation institutions
  • example of traditional media
    •books
    •newspapers
    •Music CDs
    •Radio
    •Television
  • With the invention of modern computers and the development of internet in 1980s, the Post-Gutenberg era began.
  • when did the invention of computers and development of internet began?

    1980s