STAS Information Age Flashcards
- Also known as the Computer Age, Digital Age, New Media Age, or Internet Age.
- A period marked by a shift fro industrial to information-based economies.
- Focus: Rapid technological advancements and their impact on society.
Information Age
____: Fremont Rider’s microform analog photographs
1945
____: Moore’s Law - transistor density doubling every two years
1965
____‘_: Rise of personal computers for direct access to information
1980’s
____: Nicholas Negroponte’s ‘‘Being Digital’’ - atoms vs. bits
1995
______ ___: Social media and digital platforms
Modern era
_______ _____________ ___: Newspapers, radio, television
Primary Information Age
___________ ________________ ___: Internet, satellite television, mobile phones
Secondary Information Age
_______ _____________ ___: Integration of primary and secondary media
Tertiary Information Age
_____ ____: Early human innovation
Stone tools
________ ___ ____ _______: Egyptians and Sumerians
Papyrus and clay tablets
(Pre-Industrial Age)
____ _________: Prehistoric communication
Cave paintings
_________ _____: Guttenberg’s revolutionary invention
Printing press
Invention of Samuel F.B. Morse
Telegraph
Invention of Alexander Graham Bell
Telephone
