STAS: THE INFORMATION AGE Flashcards
• In early times, books were created manually by
hand. They were transcribed through clay, papyrus,
wax and parchment
THE PRE-GUTENBERG WORLD
the first printing press was built through Johannes Gutenberg which heralded the start of mass communication.
1440
German who was responsible for shaping the nature of the society by establishing the first form of spreading information.
JOHANNES GUTENBERG
where the distribution of information become possible, but expensive and yet institutionalized
Gutenberg
Principle
• “The printing press was an important step towards
the democratization of knowledge”
- Einstein,
is a term used to express the democratizing effects of the invention of themprinting press among society.
Gutenberg Revolution
the radio broadcasting was introduced.
• It marked a significant jump in the speed of
communication.
• It made the spreading of information even more
quickly and widely.
1920
the Information Age accelerated global communication.
1970
began and took it as the,introduction to the Internet Browser, which made the information age significant to up this day.
Microprocessor
began in the mid-nineteenth century and includes telegraph, telephone and radio.
irst modern information revolution