10 Questions
What is another name for the Information Age?
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The Information Age started in 1900 and ended in 2000.
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What is an example of a technology that allows users to access and interact with virtual information?
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Match the following examples of Information Age technology with their descriptions:
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It is called that the generally accepted ways of doing something
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It is called systems of signs, which create meaning
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Codes are the generally accepted ways of doing something
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Give at least 3 examples tools in Pre-Historic Age?
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Give at least 5 names of camera shots
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Enumerate Evolution of Information Age
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Study Notes
Pre-Historic Age (35,000 BC)
- Divided into three archaeological periods: Stone Age, Bronze Age, and Iron Age
- Examples of information media:
- Cave Paintings (35,000 BC)
- Clay Tablets in Mesopotamia (2400 BC)
- Papyrus in Egypt (2500 BC)
- Acta Diurna in Rome (130 BC)
- Printing press using wood blocks (220 AD)
- Dibao in China (2nd Century)
- Codex in the Mayan region (5th Century)
Industrial Media Age (1700-1930)
- Characterized by the replacement of hand tools with power-driven machines
- Concentration of industry in large establishments
- Examples of information media:
- Printing press for mass production (19th Century)
- Newspaper – The London Gazette (1640)
- Typewriter (1800)
- Telephone (1876)
- Motion picture photography/projection (1890)
- Motion picture with sound (1926)
- Telegraph
- Punch cards
Electronic Age (1930-1980)
- Began with the use of electronic equipment, including computers
- Long distance communication became more efficient
- Examples of information media:
- Transistor Radio
- Television (1941)
- Large electronic computers: UNIVAC 1 (1951) and EDSAC (1949)
- Mainframe computers – i.e. IBM 704 (1960)
- Personal computers: Hewlett Packard 9100A (1968) and Apple 1 (1976)
- OHP (Over-head Projector)
Information Age (1900-2000)
- Defined by access to and control of information
- Also known as the “Computer Age”, the “Digital Age”, and the “New Media Age”
- Examples of information media:
- Web Browser
- Video Chat
- Blogs
- Search Engine
- Social Network
- Portable Computers
- Video
- Smart Phones
- Augmented Reality / Virtual Reality
- Cloud and Big Data
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