Chap 8 Flashcards
Background consist of?
- Definition
- Origin
- Benefits
“a time period in which people could access information and knowledge easily”
Information age
The main feature includes everything concerning the electronic storage and transmission of information.
Information age
WHO FIRST CONCEIVED THE THEORY OF INFORMATION AGE?
James R. Messenger
When was theory of information age was first conceived?
1982
Father of information age
James R. Messenger
Published the book “The Death of the American
Telephone & Telegraph Company” and an American Telephone and Telegraph employee.
James R. Messenger
Other names for information age?
- Computer age
- Digital Age
- New media Age
Benefits of information age
- Communication
- Information transfer
- Entertainment
- Business
- Better living
How does information age affect communication?
Using online resources, we can reach anyone anytime
anywhere in the world!
How IA Affect Information transfer?
- With the right online tools, we can have access to any
information/knowledge needed! - There are different communication channels like phone
calls, text messages, emails, videos, and other social
media platforms.
How IA affect entertainment?
We can enjoy all sorts of activities or forms of
entertainment like movies, music, online games, etc.
anytime anywhere!
How IA affect business?
We can transact in banks, shop, sell or do any business
transaction anytime in the comfort of our homes.
How IA affect better living?
The digital technology in this information age is
continuously improving and empowering many of the dimensions of our lives.
What are the information Revolutions?
- Print based- Era
- Pre-digital Era
- Digital Era
Who invented the printing press in 1436?
Johannes Gutenberg
When was printing press invented?
1436
An invention that forever changed the world
Printing press
When did the Pre-digital era began?
Mid 19th century with the introduction of Telegraph, Telephone, radio and computer .
What is the first telegraph?
Morse code
Who invented the first telegraph? and when
1845 by Samuel Morse
First radio
Wireless telegraph
Credited with providing the basuc of the first radio “wireless telegraph”
Guglielmo Marconi in 1894
Who created the first telephone and when?
Alexander Graham Bell 1876
built upon the success and technology of the telegraph.
First telephone
Adapt the first telegraph but uses radio carrier that can change amplitude, frequencies etc.
First radio
a portable telephone that can make and
receive calls over a radio frequency link while the user is
moving within a telephone service area.
MOBILE PHONE
American’s call Mobile phone as?
“Cell”
British call Mobile phone as?
“Mobile”
. The rest of the world call Mobile phone as?
“cellphone”
What are the specifications of First Commercial Mobile phone?
▪ 10 hours to charge
▪ 30 mins talk-time
▪ Weighs 1.1 kg
▪ Measures 228.6 x 127 x 44.4 mm
▪ Stores up to 30 phone numbers
▪ 6 hours standby time
first phone call made in April 3, 1973
Motorola DynaTAC 8000X
Who developed Motorola DynaTAC 8000X? and when
Martin Cooper, April 3, 1973
Who developed first smartphone prototype?
Frank
Canova
What is the first smartphone prototype?
Angler
When was the first smartphone prototype developed?
1992
refined version marketed of the first smartphone prototype marketed in?
1994 by BellSouth under the
name Simon Personal Communicator
described a human who performed calculations or computations.
“computer”
The word “computer” was first used in
1613
in what book computer was described?
The Young Man’s Gleanings by Richard Braithwaite
WHEN WAS THE FIRST COMPUTER INVENTED?
No specific date but Some historians agree that it was in 1822 when Charles
Babbage invented the first mechanical computer that
eventually led to more complex electronic designs.
Father of the
computer.
Charles
Babbage
FIRST FUNCTIONAL COMPUTER:
Z1
Who invented FIRST FUNCTIONAL COMPUTER: The Z1?
by Konrad Zuse
When was FIRST FUNCTIONAL COMPUTER: The Z1 invented ?
1936
First name of Z1
V1 (VersuchsModell1
FIRST COMMERCIAL DIGITAL COMPUTER:
Z4
Who invented FIRST COMMERCIAL COMPUTER: The Z4?
Konrad Zuse
When was invented FIRST COMMERCIAL COMPUTER: The Z4 invented?
1942
credited to be the inventor of the modern
computer
Konrad Zuse
What interrupted the Z4 development?
The war
FIRST FULLY FUNCTIONAL DIGITAL COMPUTER
ENIAC
ENIAC means?
– Electronic Numeral Integrator & Computer
Who invented FIRST FULLY FUNCTIONAL DIGITAL COMPUTER: ENIAC?
John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert
When was FIRST FULLY FUNCTIONAL DIGITAL COMPUTER: ENIAC invented?
1946
Use by the US Army to compute World War II ballistic firing
tables
FIRST FULLY FUNCTIONAL DIGITAL COMPUTER: ENIAC
FIRST COMPUTER WITH A PROGRAM STORED IN MEMORY:
UNIVAC
UNIVAC means?
Universal Automatic Computer
Who invented the FIRST COMPUTER WITH A PROGRAM STORED IN MEMORY:
UNIVAC
John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert
When was the FIRST COMPUTER WITH A PROGRAM STORED IN MEMORY:
UNIVAC invented?
1951.
the first American commercial computer designed
for business use
FIRST COMPUTER WITH A PROGRAM STORED IN MEMORY:
UNIVAC
FIRST DESKTOP COMPUTER:
OLIVETTI PROGRAMMA 101
Who invented the FIRST DESKTOP COMPUTER: OLIVETTI PROGRAMMA 101?
Pier Giorgio Perotto
When was the FIRST DESKTOP COMPUTER: OLIVETTI PROGRAMMA 101 invented?
1964
It is also known as Perottina or P101
FIRST DESKTOP COMPUTER: OLIVETTI PROGRAMMA 101
a computer much smaller than those used at the time, and
compact enough to be “a personal object of someone sitting
on his chair at a desktop”
FIRST DESKTOP COMPUTER: OLIVETTI PROGRAMMA 101
It is one of the first “all in one” commercial desktop
programmable calculators
FIRST DESKTOP COMPUTER: OLIVETTI PROGRAMMA 101
called a printing programmable calculator or
desktop calculator b
FIRST DESKTOP COMPUTER: OLIVETTI PROGRAMMA 101
FIRST PERSONAL COMPUTER:
ALTAIR 8800
Who invented FIRST PERSONAL COMPUTER: ALTAIR 8800
Invented by Edward Roberts
When was FIRST PERSONAL COMPUTER: ALTAIR 8800 invented ?
1975
Instructions were relayed to it by punched tape transcripts
FIRST PERSONAL COMPUTER: ALTAIR 8800
FIRST LAPTOP OR PORTABLE COMPUTER:
: OSBORNE 1
who invented FIRST LAPTOP OR PORTABLE COMPUTER: OSBORNE 1?
Adam Osborne
when was FIRST LAPTOP OR PORTABLE COMPUTER: OSBORNE 1 invented?
1981.
the first commercially successful portable
microcomputer
FIRST LAPTOP OR PORTABLE COMPUTER: OSBORNE 1
when was the first commercially successful portable
microcomputer invented?
April 3, 1981 by Osborne
Computer Corporation.
known as the age of the internet
DIGITAL ERA
Started when internet and world web wide were introduced
DIGITAL ERA
Internet was first developed by the UD Dept of Defense in?
1969
Internet known as?
ARPANET
ARPANET means?
(Advanced Research
Projects Agency Network)
When was WORLD WIDE WEB first launched?
August 23, 1991
When was WORLD WIDE WEB first started and who developed HyperText Markup Language (HTML)?
1990, Tim Berners-Lee
HOW DOES THE INTERNET DIFFER FROM THE WEB?
INTERNET
- global network of networks
- infrastructure
- viewed as a big bookstore
- comprise the
internet “backbone”
WEB
- a collection of information which is accessed via the
internet
- service on
top of that infrastructure.
- collection of books on that store.
- applications built on the internet.
HOW EXTENSIVE IS OUR USE OF THE INTERNET?
Statistics shows that nearly 60 percent
For four straight years (2016- 2019), the Philippines topped what?
the worldwide social media users.
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WE FACE
IN THIS DIGITAL ERA?
▪ Health concerns
▪ Social media
▪ Cybercrime
▪ Data privacy
▪ Fake news
▪ Others
HEALTH CONCERNS
▪ Accidents
▪ Physical problems
- Eye problems
- Hearing problems
- Brain cancer
▪ Depression
Digital Eye Strain
“Computer Vision Syndrome”
The use of headphones for more than five minutes per day at
high volume puts people at an increased risk for permanent
hearing loss.
HEARING PROBLEM
HEARING PROBLEM
Keep the volume down
▪ The daily recommended safe volume level is below 85 dB for
duration of a maximum of eight hours.
▪ Limit time spent engaged in noisy activities
▪ Limiting the daily use of personal audio devices. While it is
important to keep the volume down, limiting the use of
personal audio devices to less than one hour a day would do
much to reduce noise exposure.
The only consistently recognized biological effect of radiofrequency radiation in humans is?
heating
TRUE OR FALSE: Does cellular phone use causes brain cancer?
False
- incidence data do not provide support to
the view that cellular phone use causes brain cancer
TRUE OR FALSE: Does cellular phone use causes depression?
True
- Studies show that increase in social-media use and television
viewing are linked to symptoms of depression among teens
TRUE OR FALSE: Research done by the American Psychological Association
shows that the brain has difficulty processing two tasks
simultaneously.
True
- this can cause road accidents for those who are using phone while on a road
To minimize accidents caused by distracted driving, the
Philippines enacted RA 10913?
ANTI-DISTRACTED DRIVING ACT OF 2016
“a crime in which a
computer is the object of the crime (such as for hacking,
phishing, spamming) or is used as a tool to commit offense
(like in child pornography and hate crimes)
CYBERCRIME
Crime that uses computer to advance other
illegal activities
- CYBERSTALKING
- IDENTITY THEFT
- SPAMMING
- HACKING
- PHISHING
- is a cyber-attack that uses disguised email as a weapon.
- is masquerading as a trustworthy source in an attempt to bait
a user to surrender sensitive information such as a username, password, credit card number,
PHISHING
it is described as the use of internet or other electronic
means to stalk, or harass an individual, group or an
organization.
CYBERSTALKING
- is the use of electronic messaging system like emails
and other digital delivery systems and broadcast media
to send unwanted bulk messages indiscriminately. - unsolicited bulk messages sent to multiple recipients who did
not ask for them
SPAMMING
g is the act identifying and exploiting
system and network vulnerabilities in order to obtain
unauthorized access to those system.
HACKING
occurs when someone uses another person’s personal
information, like their name, identifying number
IDENTITY THEFT
Crime that targets computer networks or devices
- VIRUS ATTACK
- MALWARE ATTACK
- DENIAL-OF-SERVICE (DoS) ATTACKS
threat to your
devices, and your cybersecurity.
MALWARE ATTACK
code designed to perform malicious acts on your system.
VIRUS ATTACK
a cyber-attack in which the perpetrator seeks to make a machine or network resource unavailable to its
intended users by temporarily or indefinitely disrupting
services of a host connected to the internet.
DENIAL-OF-SERVICE (DoS) ATTACKS
- manipulation of people into divulging confidential or
sensitive information - most done over email but regularly carried out over the
phone
SOCIAL ENGINEERING
is using exploits to gain access to something you do not
normally have access to
HACKING
RA 10175
CYBERCRIME PREVENTION ACT OF THE PHILIPPINES
Who signed the CYBERCRIME PREVENTION ACT OF THE PHILIPPINES into law in 2012
President Benigno Aquino
Also known as information privacy
DATA PRIVACY
RA 10173
“DATA PRIVACY ACT OF 2012”
Who signed “DATA PRIVACY ACT OF 2012”
President Benigno Aquino
JUNK NEWS
▪ PSEUDO-NEWS
▪ Stories written with the intent to mislead in order to damage
an entity or person or gain financially or politically, often
using sensationalist, dishonest or fabricated headlines to
increase readership
FAKE NEWS
TYPES OF FAKE NEWS
DIS-information
▪ Created and shared by people with harmful intent
MAL-information
▪ Sharing of ‘genuine’ information with the intent to cause
harm
effect of fake news
- THE ILLUSORY EFFECT
- THE IMPACT ON THE PUBLIC RELATIONS
PROFESSION - THE IMPACT ON CONSUER’S VIEW OF NEWS MEDIA
How to IDENTIFYING FAKE NEWS?
CRAAP TEST
- C – Currency: the timeliness of information
- R – Relevancy / Reliability: the importance of the information for
your needs - A – Authority: the source of information
- A – Accuracy: the reliability, truthfulness, and correctness of the
content - P – Purpose / Point of View: the reason the information exists
term that refers to the gap between demographics
and regions that have access to modern information and
communications technology, and those that don’t or
have restricted access.
DIGITAL DIVIDE
situation in which too much information is given at one time which can cause the inability to think clearly.
INFORMATION OVERLOAD
which merely means “a fear of technology,”
TECHNOPHOBIA
