Digital Technology and Social Change - MST Flashcards
It refers to a transformation of culture and social organizations / structures over time.
Social Change
_____ implies the discovery of new technique while _____ is practical application of invention in production for market.
Invention, Innovation
The test that can check the machine’s ability to exhibit intelligent behavior equivalent to human intelligence
Turing test
It was launched in 2003, connecting people around the world and helping people work online right from their homes.
Skype
This was the year when the first set of computers for commercial purposes were released but solved only simple arithmetic problems and data handling and were expensive for most people
1951
He is an English Mathematician who is also known as the “father of AI” and pioneered Machine learning in 1950.
Alan Turing
It can be defined as an increase in the outputs possible with a given level of inputs through the processes of invention, innovation, and diffusion. The various changes in technology leads to an increase in the productivity of labor, capital and other production factors.
Technological Change (TC)
It refers to the simulation of human intelligence in machines that are programmed to think like humans and mimic their actions.
Artificial Intelligence ( AI )
2004 brought _____, the most famous social media channels today. It also brought with it marketing strategies that helped the e-commerce department not only reach targeted audiences but also get their valuable feedback then and there.
When was the first mobile phone launched?
1984
In this era, digital technology is the backbone of life and it becomes the elephant in the room only in its absence. On the spot videos, smart homes, and offices, digital news and content are already the essences of life.
Post-digital Age
The time before our world became digital can simply be identified as a physical world where media channels were consumed on TV, newspaper, radio, and people loved reading magazines. These were all one-way communication.
Pre-digital Age
This was soon after digitalization started to become more and more accepted and immersed in society, knowledge started becoming vast.
Mid-digital Age
It is the theory which strongly believe that technology shapes the culture, values, social structures of a society. The main reason why society progresses is because of the kind technology the society has. Technological innovation is the cause of the social progress.
Technological Determinism
Known as the Computer Age, Information Age, Silicon Age, or New Media Age, it is a historical period that began in the mid-20th century, when the computer, internet and other subsequent technologies were introduced to provide users the ability to easily and rapidly transfer information.
Digital Age
