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GE 7 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY

JUNE 8, 2020 / JUNE 10, 2020
MONDAY/WEDNESDAY

TOPIC:

INTELLECTUAL
REVOLUTIONS

LEARNING OUTCOME:

 Articulate ways by which society is transformed by science and technology.

Intellectual revolutions that defined society:

A. Copernican
B. Darwinian
C. Freudian
D. Information
E. Meso-American
F. Asian
G. Middle East African

PART 2.
INFORMATION AGE
The Information Age is also known as the Computer Age, Digital Age, or New Media Age. It is
characterized by a rapid epochal shift from the traditional industry established by the Industrial
Revolution to an economy primarily based upon information technology. This era brought about a
time period in which people could access information and knowledge easily.
The Digital Revolution is a series of sociocultural and economic changes brought about by the
widespread dissemination of digital technologies. It has produced new forms of thinking, acting and
interacting both at the individual and at the collective levels.

Consider the following chronology:

 The period from roughly 1940 to 1988 was a prodromal phase when the basic technology was
invented, but was present only in very specialized settings.

The Digital Revolution per se happened more or less in the period between 1989 and 2010.
This is when the technology began to be widely adopted at both homes and workplaces, a wide
variety of new uses were developed, and complex sociocultural systems were created around digital
platforms. This was the emergence of the Information Age or the Knowledge Society.

From 2011 to the present day, there have been developments in technology and society, but
they are more evolutionary than revolutionary.

Thus, the “revolution” seems to be over. We are now in the Information Age and will continue
to be in it for the foreseeable future, until the next big thing comes up.

Enigma # 1
Look at the chronology above.

***What does the color codes signify? Elucidate each code.

 The color codes in the chronology above signify the evolution of basic technology to digital or
information age. It represents how technology from each era upgraded. That accessing
information and communicating with other people are fast and easy because there are different
forms of media we can use. Also, color codes specify the timeline of each technology
development.
 Green code from 1940s to 1985 shows the invention of the transistor ushered in the
electronic age when an object that has electronic components, functions once it is
connected to an electrical outlet.
 Orange code from early 1970s to 1990s, which in between of electronic age to
information age wherein the long distance communication became more efficient by the
use of internet and when other websites are created.
 Blue code from early 1990s to 2000 which when technology enters information age
wherein software has been developed and search engines. And internet paved the way
for faster communication and social network.
 Violet code in 1995 to 2010 people has advanced the use of microelectronic with the
invention of personal computers, mobile devices, and wearable technology. Moreover,
voice, image, sound and data are digitalized.

Enigma # 2

Before Telegraph, only local news was available in the newspapers in a timely fashion.
 The next big step was radio. With radio you could hear the news soon after it happened,
example, before the next edition of the paper hit the streets.
With television, you could see the news soon after it happened.
With communication satellites, you could see and hear the news as it happens.
With the Internet, you can see and hear the news as it happens without having to be
dependent on newspapers and broadcast companies.

***Cite 10 examples of information age?

1.
 It is a computer designed to be easily moved from one place to another and included a display
and keyboard. This not requiring an external power source; that features was introduced by the
laptop.

2.
 It is a mobile device, typically with a mobile operating system and touchscreen display
processing circuitry, and a rechargeable battery in a single, thin and flat package. Tablets,
being computers, do what other personal computers do, but lack some input/output (I/O)
abilities that others have.
 The touchscreen display is operated by gestures executed by finger or digital pen (stylus),
instead of the mouse, trackpad, and keyboard of larger computers.
 3.
 Mosaic, was the web browser that popularized the World Wide Web and the Internet. It was
also a client for earlier internet protocols such as File Transfer Protocol, Network News
Transfer Protocol, and Gopher. The browser was named for its support of multiple internet
protocols.

4.
 August 17, 1995. It was a reworked version of Spyglass Mosaic, which Microsoft licensed from
Spyglass Inc., like many other companies initiating browser development.

5.
 Google Search enables us to hunt for text in publicly accessible documents offered by web
servers, as opposed to other data, such as images or data contained in databases.
 6.
 The service allowed users to contact other members, maintain those contacts, and share
online content and media with those contacts.
 The website was also used for dating and discovering new events, bands and hobbies. Users
could share videos, photos, messages and comments with other members via profiles and
networks. It is considered one of the original social networks.

7.
 Using the Multiply Media Locker users could crop photos, eliminate red eye, retouch photos,
and adjust contrast, exposure, and saturation. There was also an Auto Fix function that
adjusted photos with one click. All of the adjustments were reversible until clicked to apply
them.

8.
 Skype actually stands for “Sky Peer to Peer.” It is software that enables the world's
conversations. Millions of individuals and businesses use Skype to make free video and voice
one-to-one and group calls, send instant messages and share files with other people on
Skype.

9.
 The Facebook added the Wall to a member's online profile. This widely used feature let a
user's friends post information on their Wall and became a key element in the social aspect of
the network.

10.
 Twitter allows you to: easily promote your research, for example by providing links to your blog
stories, journal articles and news items. Reach a large number of people quickly through
tweets and retweets. Follow the work of other experts in your field.
Enigma # 3

Twenty-five years after the introduction of the World Wide Web, the
Information Age is coming to an end. Thanks to mobile screens and Internet
everywhere, we're now entering what I call the “Experience Age.”

***What will the next age be called? Give justification to your answer.
The next age after the age of information will be the "Experience Age." Just like what the passage
says. It is said that the transition from the "Information Age" to the “Experience Age” is being driven
by a combination of technological advancements in artificial intelligence, chatbots, social messaging,
the Internet of Things (IoT) advancements and mobile connectivity. Also, having an impact are the
changing dynamics of online interactions being driven by changes to electronic devices -- virtual
reality, wearables. Also, the rise of in-the-moment data sharing capabilities such as Snapchat and
Instagram have shifted use of data towards real time data sharing using experience driven interfaces
that highlight interaction.
In the "Information Age" the idea of communication was to make information accessible. In the
"Experience Age" the primary focus is creating an experience. Society is transitioning from wanting
information to seeking experiences relating to the information. When we are chatting with friends and
family on IAM or Facebook, it’s not the information we want, it’s an emotional connection. The
"Experience Age" is moving us toward connecting people with the experience rather than just
focusing on the informational facts.
To declare the end of the "Information Age" sounds like a bold declaration, however, the dramatic
evolution of technology that continues to dramatically change our lives, cannot be denied as evidence
that information on its own is no longer as valuable as the next experience that caters to our likes and
desires which the information can be used to create and deliver.
The “Experience Age” is one in which people want to experience everything. It is felt that experience
is comparable to getting the most out of life. People want to be immersed in the story of the
experience creating the feeling of living vs. just serving as a by-stander.

………. on the next VIRTUAL LEARNING

---Prof. Raquel T.
Estrada