Digital Time Capsule

Question 1

how is society best described today?

Answer 1

highly modernized, automated, data-driven, and technologically advanced

Question 2

why was it difficult to collect and manage information?

Answer 2

because starting in 1960’s and 1970’s, there was an abundance of information and is called “information anxiety”

Question 3

in the present generation, information has turned out to be_____

Answer 3

a commodity, over-developed product, mass-produced, and unspecialized

Question 4

the most important contributions in the information age. this is an electric device that stores and processes data and information

Answer 4

computer

Question 5

what are the types of computer

Answer 5

personal computer
desktop computer
laptop

Question 6

a single user instrument. known as microcomputers since they were a complete computer but built on a smaller scale

Answer 6

personal computer

Question 7

portable computers that integrate the essentials of a desktop computer in a battery powered package

Answer 7

laptop

Question 8

a computer that fits on or under the deck. they utilize peripheral devices for interaction (mouse, keyboard)

Answer 8

desktop computer

Question 9

globalization

Answer 9

enables faster sharing of information

Question 10

communication has become…

Answer 10

cheaper, quicker, and more efficient with the internet

Question 11

cost effectiveness

Answer 11

increased productivity, leading to increase in profits

Question 12

creation, distribution, and integration and manipulation of information is a noteworthy, economic, political, and cultural activity

Answer 12

information society

Question 13

PENETRATION OF ICT
DIGITAL DIVIDE
GLOBAL KNOWLEDGE INDEX

Answer 13

This is how we measure information society

Question 14

uneven distribution of information and communication technologies in the society

Answer 14

digital divide