STAS: THE INFORMATION AGE Flashcards

1
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• In early times, books were created manually by
hand. They were transcribed through clay, papyrus,
wax and parchment

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THE PRE-GUTENBERG WORLD

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the first printing press was built through Johannes Gutenberg which heralded the start of mass communication.

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1440

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German who was responsible for shaping the nature of the society by establishing the first form of spreading information.

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JOHANNES GUTENBERG

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where the distribution of information become possible, but expensive and yet institutionalized

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Gutenberg
Principle

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5
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• “The printing press was an important step towards
the democratization of knowledge”

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  • Einstein,
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6
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is a term used to express the democratizing effects of the invention of themprinting press among society.

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Gutenberg Revolution

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7
Q

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.

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1920

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8
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the Information Age accelerated global communication.

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1970

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9
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began and took it as the,introduction to the Internet Browser, which made the information age significant to up this day.

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Microprocessor

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10
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began in the mid-nineteenth century and includes telegraph, telephone and radio.

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irst modern information revolution

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