THE
INFORMATION
AGE
What is
INFORMATION?
INFORMATION -
Knowledge
communicated or obtained
concerning a specific fact
or circumstance.
- facts provided or learned
about something or
someone.
THE
INFORMATION
AGE
THE INFORMATION AGE
Otherwise name called for
DIGITAL AGE/ NEW
MEDIA AGE
The Information Age is the
idea that access to and the
control of information is the
defining characteristic of this
current era in human
It also defined as a “period starting in
the last quarter of 20 Century when
th
information became effortlessly
accessible through publications and
through the management of
information by computers and
computer networks.
The information age is a
true new age based upon
the interconnection of
computers via
telecommunications.
JAMES ROBERT
MESSENGER
HE IS A WRITER AND
FILMMAKER
“FATHER OF THE
INFORMATION AGE”
HE CONCEIVED “THE
THEORY OF THE
HE PROPOSED THE THEORY OF
INFORMATION AGE in 1982
The Timeline of the Information
Age
3000 BC
SUMERIANS WRITING SYSTEM USED
PICTOGRAPH TO REPRESENT WORDS
2900 BC
BEGINNING OF EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPHICS
WRITING
1300 BC
TORTOISE SHELL AND ORACLE BONE
WRITING WERE USED
500 BC - PAPYRUS ROLL WAS
USED
220 BC – CHINESE SMALL SEAL
WRITING WAS DEVELOPED
100 AD – BOOK (PARCHMENT
CODEX)
105 AD – WOODBLOCK PRINTING AND PAPER
WAS INVENTED BY CHINESE
1455 AD– JOHANNES GUTENBURG INVENTED
THE PRINTING PRESS USING MOVABLE
METAL TYPE
1755 AD – SAMUEL JOHNSON’S DICTIONARY
STANDARD ENGLISH SPELLING
1802 AD – THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
(ESTABLISHED INVENTION OF THE CARBON
ARC LAMP)
1824- WORLD’S FIRST COMPUTER
PROGRAM
1837- INVENTION OF THE TELEGRAPH IN
GREAT BRITAIN AND THE UNITED
STATES
1861 – MOTION PICTURES WERE
PROJECTED INTO SCREEN
1876- DEWEY DECIMAL SYSTEM WAS
1877- HIGH-SPEED PHOTOGRAPHY
(EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE)
1899- FIRST MAGNETIC RECORDING
WAS RELEASED
1902- MOTION PICTURE SPECIAL
EFFECTS WERE USED
1906- ELECTRONIC AMPLIFYING TUBE
(TRIODE), LEE DEFOREST INVENTED
1923- TELEVISION
1926- FIRST SPECIAL SOUND MOVIE
1939 – TELEVISION BROADCASTING
SARTED IN THE US
1940s- BEGINNING OF INFORMATION
SCIENCE AS A DISCIPLINE
1945 – HYPERTEXT (VANNEVAR BUSH
FORESAW)
1946- ENIAC WAS DEVELOPED (ELECTRONIC
NUMERICAL INTEGRATOR AND COMPUTER)
1948- BIRTH OF FIELD OF INFORMATION
THEORY PROPOSED BY CLAUDE E.
SHANNON
1957- PLANAR TRANSISTOR DEVELOPED BY
JEAN HEORNI
1958 – FIRST INTEGRATED CIRCUIT
1960s- LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
DEVELOPED LC MARC (MACHINE-
READABLE CODE)
1969- UNIX OPERATING SYSTEM WAS
DEVELOPED, WHICH COULD HANDLE
MULTITASKING
1971- INTEL INTRODUCED THE FIRST
TRUTHS OF THE
INFORMATION AGE ( ROBERT
HARRIS)
1.INFORMATION MUST BE
COMPETE
2.NEWER IS EQUATED WITH
TRUER
3.SWLWCTION IS A VIEWPOINT
4.THE MEDIA SELLS WHAT THE
CULTURE BUYS
5. YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT AND SO
IS YOUR BRAIN
6. ANYTHING IN GREAT DEMAND
WILL BE COUNTERFEITED
7. IDEAS ARE SEEN AS
CONTROVERSIAL
8. UNDEAD INFORMATION WALKS
9. MEDIA PRESENCE
CREATES THE HISTORY
10. THE MEDUM SELECTS
THE MESSAGE
11. THE WHOLE TRUTH IS
PURSUIT
Milestones of the Information Age
1969–1989: Invention of the internet,
rise of home computers
1989–2005: Invention of the World
Wide Web, mainstreaming of the
Internet, Web 1.0
2005–present: Web 2.0, social media,
smartphones, digital TV
INVENTIONS AND
INNOVATIONS OF
THE INFORMATION
AGE
1. COMPUTER
2. INTERNET
3. WWW (WORLDWIDE
WEB)
4. APPLE
CHANGES OF THE
INFORMATION AGE
IT HAS CHANGED
PEOPLE,TECHNOLOGY,
SCIENCE, ECONOMIES,
CULTURE, & THE WAY
PEOPLE THINK. WHY?
IMPACTS OF THE
INFORMATION AGE
POSITIVE MPACT
IMPACT-
JOBS AND WORKS ARE
EASIER TO DO
MORE OPPORTUNITIES
NEGATIVE IMPACT
- IT MAKE PEOPLE
LAZIER BECAUSE
MACHINES ARE NOW
BEING USED TO DO THE
WORK
CONCLUSION…
…“THE PAST HAS
SHAPED OUR PRESENT
AND WILL CONTINUE TO
SHAPE OUR FUTURE”
THANK YOU!!
GOOD DAY!!
