STS M1 Flashcards
The information age is also called the _____ and _____ because it was associated with the development of computers.
Digital Age and the New Media Age
According to ________ who proposed the Theory of Information Age in 1982, “the Information Age is a new age based upon the interconnection of computers via telecommunications, with these information systems operating on both a real-time and as-needed basis.
JAMES R. MESSENGER
_____ is a processed data with meaning. It is organized, and has a useful interpretation of data.
Information
_____ has to do with tools, machines, and systems to apply change in a human-made environment.
Technology
This implies that _______ is the transmission of information requiring the use of systems specifically computers, and telecommunications, for storing, retrieving and sending information.
Information Technology (IT)
As man evolved, information and its dissemination has also evolved in many ways.
Information got ahead of us.
Because of abundance of information, it was difficult to collect and manage them starting in the 1960s and 1970s.
During 1980s, real angst (sorrow, worry) set in.
Richard Wurman called it ______
Information Anxiety
_______ are among the most important contributions of advances in the Information Age to society
Computer
A _____ is an electronic device that stores and processes data (information).
It runs on a program that contains the exact, step-by-step directions to solve a problem.
computer
Several historians trace the origin of the internet to ________, an American Mathematician who considered as the “Father of Information Theory”
CLAUDE E. SHANNON
_____ and ____, DIRECTORS OF A Stanford research project, built a research engine that listed results to reflect page popularity when they determined that the most popular result would frequently be the most usable.
SERGEY BRIN AND LARRY PAGE
_____ founded in 2004 is a popular free social networking website that allows registered users to create profiles, upload photos and video, send messages and keep in touch with friends, family and colleagues.
____ founded in 2006 is a free micro blogging service that allows registered member to broadcast short posts called tweets.
____ founded in 2001 is a free, open content online encyclopedia created through the collaborative effort of a community of users known as Wikipedians.
Wikipedia
____ created in 2003 is a social networking site designed specifically for the business community.
_____ was founded in 2005 according to Alexa rankings is one of the top most visited social media site.
