INFORMATION

AGE
GROUP 1
Aguilar, Airam Luke S.
Azada, Justin
Barameda Justin Claire
Basi, Alyssa C.
Bundalian, Keithlyn C.
Objectives:
▪ Trace the development of the information age
from the introduction of Gutenberg's press up to
the era of social media;
▪ Determine the impacts of the information age to
society; and
▪ Analyze the ways in which the information age
and social media influence human lives.
 History of
Information Age
 Johannes Gutenberg
❑ The German goldsmith, Johannes Gutenberg, invented
the printing press around 1440.
❑ This invention was a result of finding a way to improve
the manual, tedious, and slow printing methods.

Printing Press
❑ is a device tat applies pressure to an inked
surface lying on a print medium, such as cloth or
paper, to transfer ink.
IN THE BEGINNING,
Printing Press
Mass communication can be traced back to the
invention of the printing press.

. With the rise of the printing press, the printing

revolution occurred which illustrated the tremendous
social change brought by the wide circulation of
information.

Printing Press made books accessible not only to

the upper class..
 AS YEARS PROGRESSED

1 2
Calculations became an Human computers were
essential part of used to compile actuarial
communication due to tables and do engineering
trade sector development. calculations before
modern computers.
 AS YEARS PROGRESSED

3 4 5
The shortage of human The United States Britain needed
computers during World created the Harvard mathematicians to crack
War II challenged the Mark 1 to address the the German Navy's
Allies in military shortage of human Enigma code.
calculations. computers.
Computer
• The development of modern computers
started during World War II as a way to solve
the shortage of human computers.
✓ The invention of the Harvard Mark 1 by
Howard Aiken and his team was a
significant milestone in the history of
computing.
✓ The computer was built at Harvard University
and was completed in 1944.
✓ The Harvard Mark 1 was not the first
computer, but it was one of the earliest
examples of a general-purpose computer that
could perform various calculations.
Enigma Machine
• The enigma code was a sophisticated
encryption system used by the Germans
during World War II to protect their
military communications.
• The Enigma machine used a series of
rotors to scramble the text of a
message, and only someone with the
correct settings could decode the
message
❑ Alan Turing, developed a machine

called the Bombe, which was able to

decipher the Enigma code.
❑ Turing's work on the Enigma code was
vital to the Allies victory in World War
II.
 Alan Turing

• On Computable Numbers,
• English mathematician with an Application to the
Entscheidungsproblem,
• Hired in 1936 by the British first published in 1937 .
top-secret Government Code
and Cipher School at • Turing presented the Turing
Bletchley Park to break the machine to construct a
Enigma code. single Universal Machine
which later on called a
Computer.
 Turing Machine

• a theoretical machine
that can solve any
problem from simple
instructions encoded on
a paper tape.
A generation with "electronic
brains" was born by the 1970s
who wanted their own
personal computers (PCs).
Homebrew Computer Club
an early computer hobbyist
group.

“The Homebrew Club — like

similar clubs — was a forum for
sharing ideas. It attracted
hobbyists and those eager to
experiment, many of whom
became leaders in personal
computing.”
Reference:
https://www.computerhistory.org/revolution/personal-
computers/17/312
Steve Wozniak developed the computer that
made him famous, the Apple I in 1976.
Steve Jobs suggested to sell the Apple I.
Social Media
Platforms
(1973 onward)
Instant-messaging applications

Messenger
• Messenger is used to send messages
and exchange photos, videos, stickers,
audio, and files, and also react to other
users' messages. The service also
supports voice and video calling. The
standalone apps support using multiple
accounts, conversations with optional
end-to-end encryption, and playing
games.
Bulletin-board forum systems

Facebook
• Facebook is an online social media and
social networking service owned by
American technology giant Meta
Platforms. Created in 2004 by Mark
Zuckerberg
Business-oriented social
networking websites
Xing
• It is a social network for business
professionals. More than 20 million
members are currently registered on XING.
It is a platform where professionals from
all kinds of different industries can meet
up, find jobs, colleagues, new
assignments, cooperation partners,
experts and generate business ideas.
Blogging platform, image and
video hosting websites

Flicker
• Flickr is the software media platform that
is used for sharing and managing online
photos around the globe. This application
was designed in 2004 by Ludicorp and
since then it is used not only by
professional photographers but also
amateur photographers
Discovery and dating-oriented
websites
Tinder
• Tinder is an online dating and geosocial
networking application. In Tinder, users
"swipe right" to like or "swipe left" to
dislike other users' profiles, which
include their photos, a short bio, and a
list of their interests.
Video sharing services

Youtube
• YouTube is a website designed for
sharing video. Millions of users around
the world have created accounts on the
site that allow them to upload videos
that anyone can watch. Every minute of
every day, more than 35 hours of video
is uploaded to YouTube.
Photo-video sharing websites

Instagram
• Instagram is a free photo and video
sharing app available on iPhone and
Android. People can upload photos or
videos to our service and share them with
their followers or with a select group of
friends. They can also view, comment and
like posts shared by their friends on
Instagram.
Advantages of the
Information Age
1. Information overload
2. Addiction to technology
3. Over-dependent on technology
4. Cybercrimes
5. Privacy and copyright in the digital age
Disadvantages of
the Information
Age
1. High data processing speed
2. Automation
3. Globalization
4. Cyber community or virtual community
5. Change the way of doing business