PAUL BRYAN W.

PATAWARAN, LPT
Natural Science Department
OLFU – Pampanga Campus
 STAS 111

Information Age

Finals Topic
Week 13
 Learning Expected Outcomes
 Discuss the evolution of information from the ancient times up to
the present;

 Examine the human and social impacts of the developments in the

information age; and

 Explain how social media have affected the society.

 Information
Age
a historic period in the 21st
century characterized by the
rapid shift from traditional
industry that the Industrial
Revolution brought through
industrialization, to an economy
based on information
technology.
 Primary
Information Age

Secondary
Information Age

Te r t i a r y
Information Age
Evolution of
Technology
to . . .

. . .New Media
 Industrial
Age

Electronic
Age
Pre-
Industrial
Age

Information Age
 Pre- Industrial Age (before 1700’s)

Technology began with the earliest hominids who used stone tools, which they
may have used to start fires, hunt, and bury their dead
 Industrial Age (1700’s to 1930s)

began around 1760 in Great Britain and later in other countries, characterized chiefly by
the replacement of hand tools with power-driven machines such as the power loom and
the steam engine, and by the concentration of industry in large establishments.
 Electronic Age (1930-1980s)

began when electronic equipment and large technologies, including computers

came into use.
The invention of the transistor ushered in the electronic age. People harnessed the
power of transistors that led to the transistor radio, electronic circuits, and the early
computers. In this age, long distance communication became more efficient.
 1st programmable Electromechanical Computer
Digital Computer

1st Electronic Digital Computer Tr a n s i s t o r s

Information Age (1980-2000)
 Learning Expected Outcomes
 Discussed the evolution of information from the ancient times up
to the present;

 Examined the human and social impacts of the developments in

the information age; and

 Explained how social media have affected the society.

THANK YOU!