The Information Age

Module 9
November 9,
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2022
 Introduction

Highly modernized, automated,

data-driven, and technologically
advanced – these best describe
our society nowadays, as
evidenced by how information
could be transferred or shared
quickly.
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 The information aged is defined as a
“period starting in the last quarter of
the 20th century when information
became effortlessly accessible
through publications and through
the management of information by
computers and computer networks.”

The information age is also called

the Digital Age and the New Media
Age because it was associated with
the development of computers.
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 JAMES R. MESSENGER

He proposed the Theory of Information

Age in 1982.

Based on this theory, “the Information

age is a true new aged based upon the
interconnection of computers via
telecommunications, with basis.
Furthermore, the primary factors
driving this new age forward are
convenience and user friendliness
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James R. Messenger which, in turn, will create user

dependence.”
 Timeline of the
Information Age
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 As man evolved, information and its dissemination has also
evolved in many ways. Eventually, we no longer kept them to
ourselves; instead, we share them and manage them in
different means. Information got ahead of us. It started to grow
at a rate we were unprepared to handle. Because of the
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abundance of information, it was difficult to collect and manage

them starting in the 1960s and 1970s.
 RICHARD WURMAN

Called it “information anxiety.”

Human cost of information overload.

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Richard Wurman
 Robert Harris detailed some facts on
the information age.

Truths of the information age

1. Information must be complete.

2. Newer is equated with truer.
3. Selection is a viewpoint.
4. The media sells what the culture
buys.
5. The early word gets the perm
Robert Harris 6. You are what you eat and so is your
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brain.
 Truths of the information age

7. Anything in great demand will be

counterfeited.
8. Ideas are seen as controversial.
9. Undead information walks ever on.
10.Media presence creates the story.
11.The medium selects the message.

Robert Harris
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COMPUTER
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 A computer is an electronic device
that stores and processes data
(information).

It runs on a program that contains

the exact, step – by - step
directions to solve a problem.
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 TYPES OF
COMPUTER
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 1. PERSONAL COMPUTER (PC)

It is a single-user instrument, PCs were

first known as microcomputers since
they were a complete computer but
built on a smaller scale than the
enormous system operated by most
businesses.
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 2. DESKTOP COMPUTER

It is described as a PC that is not

designed for portability. The
assumption with a desktop is that it
will be set up in a permanent spot.
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 3. LAPTOP

These are portable computers that

integrate the essentials of a desktop
computer in a battery – powered
package, which are somewhat larger
than a typical hardcover book.
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 4. PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANTS
(PDAs)

These are tightly integrated computers

that usually have no keyboards but rely
on a touch screen for user input. PDAs
are typically smaller than a paperback,
lightweight, and battery-powered.
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 5. SERVER

It refers to a computer that has been

improved to provide network services
to other computers. Servers usually
boast powerful processors, tons of
memory, and large drives.
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 6. MAINFRAMES

These are huge computer systems that

can fill an entire room. They are used
especially by large firms to describe
the large, expensive machines that
process millions of transactions every
day. The term “mainframe” has been
replaced by enterprise server.
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 7. WEARABLE COMPUTERS

They involve materials that are usually

integrated into cell phones, watches
and other small objects or places. They
perform common computer
applications such as databases, email,
multimedia, and schedulers.
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 THE WORLD WIDE
WEB
(Internet)
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 Several historians trace the origin
of the internet to Claude F.
Shannon, an American
Mathematicians who was
considered as the “Father of
Information Theory”.

Claude F. Shannon
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 The internet is a worldwide system of
interconnected networks that facilitate
data transmission among innumerable
computers.

It was developed during the 1970s by

the Department of Defense. In case of
an attack, military advisers suggested
the advantage of being able to operate
on one computer from another
terminal.
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 In the early days, the Internet
was used mainly by scientists to
communicate with other
scientists. The Internet
remained under government
control until 1984.
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 One early problem faced by
internet users was speed.
Phone lines could only transmit
information at a limited rate.

The development of fiber optic

cables allowed for billions of
bits of information to be
received every minute.
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 Sergey Brin and Larry Page,
directors of a Stanford research
project, built a research engine that
listed results to reflect page
popularity when they determined
that the most popular results to
frequently be the most usable.

Google is now the world’s most

popular search engine, accepting
more than 200 million queries daily.
Larry Page and Sergey Brin
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 Back then, new forms of
communication were also introduced.

Electronic mail, or email, was a suitable

way to send a message to fellow
workers, business partners, or friends.
Message could be sent and received at
the convenience of the individual.

A letter that took several days to arrive

could be read in minutes.
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 Consequently, companies whose
businesses are built on digitized
information have become
valuable and powerful in
Bill Gates relatively short period of time;
the current Information Age has
spawned its own breed of
wealthy influential brokers from
Steve Jobs Microsoft’s Bill Gates to Apple’s
Steve Jobs to Facebook’s Mark
Zuckerberg.
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Mark Zuckerberg
 Nowadays, crimes in various forms are rampant because
of the use of social media. Cyber bullying is an issue
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that poses alarm worldwide.

 APPLICATIONS OF
COMPUTERS IN SCIENCE
AND RESEARCH
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 One of the significant applications
of computers for science and
research is evident in the field of
bioinformatics.

Bioinformatics is the application if

information technology to store,
organize, and analyze vast amount
of biological data which is available
in the forms of sequences and
structures of proteins.
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 HOW TO CHECK THE
RELIABILITY OF WEB
SOURCES
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 The internet contains a
vast collection of highly
valuable information, but
it may also contain
unreliable, biased
information that mislead
people.
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 The following guidelines can help us
check the reliability of web sources
that we gather.

1. Who is the author of the

article/site?
2. Who published the site?
3. What is the main purpose of the
site?
4. Who is the intended audience?
5. What is the quality of information
provided on the website?
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 One can also visit the university library
and seek help from librarians as they are
knowledgeable.

Therefore, we need to carefully check

our motives before disseminating
information and we also need to verify
information before believing and using
and sharing them.
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