THE
THE
INFORMATION
INFORMATION
AGE
AGE
(GUTENBERG TO SOCIAL MEDIA)
WHO IS
WHO IS
GUTENBERG?
GUTENBERG?
Johannes Gutenberg was a
German inventor and craftsman
who introduced letter press
printing to Europe with his
movable-type printing press.
Though not the first of its kind,
earlier designs were restricted
to East Asia, and Gutenberg's
version was the first to spread
across the world.
The period of human
history typically
described by the change
from traditional industry
to an economy based on
information
computerization is known
as the Information Age,
Digital Age, or New Media
Age.
the information
the information age
age
Before the rise of computers, information
was being spread using print out
materials.
In this period of time, where Gutenberg
principle was formed and that principle is
stated as "the massive distribution of
information in an expensive manner
because it is institutionalized "what we
called Gutenberg era.
THE PRE-
THE PRE-
GUTENBERG WORLD
GUTENBERG WORLD
During the time when printing
press was not yet available,
information could be processed
in a tendinous manner. Books
were written and produced by
hand. They were made in
surfaces of clay, wax, papyrus
and parchment.
THE GUTENBERG
THE GUTENBERG
REVOLUTION
REVOLUTION
It begun with the introduction of
printing, specifically the movable
printing press, by Gutenberg.
Books printed in the Gutenberg era
were called incunabula (meaning
cradle or birthplace).
THE POST
THE POST
GUTENBERG WORLD
GUTENBERG WORLD
This era can be described as the
emergence of the internet and the world
wide web. This paved this way to the
possible uploading and downloading of all
forms of media of media instruments such
as video, audio, and images. It enabled
people to publish or spread the
information.
THE RISE
THE RISE OF
OF DIGITAL
DIGITAL
AGE
AGE
With the advent of modern
technologies, printing press are not the
only tools used in spreading
information. Nowadays, information is
readily available to pass form on
individual to another from here to even
faraway places.
COMPUTER
COMPUTER
Invented by Charles
Babbage. This technology
was designed for
mathematical calculations
and simple decision-
making capabilities
INTERNET
INTERNET
Developed in California,
US in the late 1960s the
internet was mostly used
by scientists to
communicate with other
scientists.
WORLD
WORLD
WIDE WEB
WIDE WEB
Commonly known as 'www'
was invented by Sir Tim
Berners-Lee, a British
computer scientist that
started in 1990s and it was
basically for commercial
purposes
ELECTRONIC
ELECTRONIC
EMAIL OR
EMAIL OR EMAIL
EMAIL
Communication was made
easier through 'E-mail', the
invention of which was
controversially claimed by
V.A Shiva Ayyadurai, an
Indian-born American
scientist and entrepreneur
FACEBOOK
FACEBOOK
Facebook is a social
networking website where
people could one another
and meet on line to share
each other's thoughts.
ideas, experiences,
photos, and videos which
they feel would be worth
sharing.
TWITTER
TWITTER
Created in march 2006
by Jack Dorsey. Noah
Glass, Biz Tone, and
Evan Williams. It is
another networking
website where people
post and interact with
message or "tweets"
MESSENGER
MESSENGER
An instant messaging
service and software
application. This can be
used to sent messages
to other people through
written messages, voice
calls or video calls.
YOUTUBE
YOUTUBE
One of the best ways to
watch videos that can
also be shared. It
contains videos about
enormous aspects of
life through this website.
GOOGLE
GOOGLE
It offers us a variety of
features beyond searching
for words, these may include
synonyms or word meanings,
time zones, maps, weather
forecasts, sports scores,
calculations, etc., and also for
research or journal articles
as references for theses and
dissertations.
From Gutenberg to Information
Age, evolution of technology has
made realize that modernization
of us information and
communication process have
become the power behind social
evolution.
Thank you
Thank you
for
for
listening!
listening!
