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    This document discusses informationalism as a new technological paradigm that has replaced industrialism, centered around computer science, telecommunications, technology, media, and the internet. It outlines how technology refers to applied scientific methods and systems, media involves communication channels for disseminating information, and the internet has become a defining aspect of the modern world by allowing widespread global involvement. However, access to these technologies is not universally available due to barriers like lack of infrastructure, education, finances, and government policies.

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    INFORMATIONALISM

    - it is a technological paradigm, associated with computer science and modern


    telecommunication, that replaces industrialism (Castells, 2004)

    - These are technology, the media, and the Internet

    Technology

    - refers to methods, systems, and devices which are the result of scientific knowledge being
    used for practical purposes.

    Examples: computer, medical and space-based technology

    Media

    - communication channels through which news, entertainment, education, data, or


    promotional messages are disseminated.

    Examples: televisions, radios, newspapers

    - Televisions, radios, and newspapers have been shaping “individual subjectivity and culture,
    not only locally but globally” (Ritzer, 2015)

    Internet

    - mark of the contemporary world

    - “The Internet has prompted a flat world thesis; anyone can be involved in it, at least
    theoretically” (Ritzer, 2015)

    While globalization allowed the expansion of information, access to modern technologies is not
    a universal matter that is available to every person around the world. The Internet and other
    technologies are limited by certain barriers. These barriers include lack of electricity, illiteracy,
    weak financial systems, and government regulations.

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