Media and Information Literacy: Evolution of Media, Slides of English

Download Media and Information Literacy: Evolution of Media and more Slides English in PDF only on Docsity! EVOLUTION OF MEDIA Media and Information Literacy SCOPE: PRE-INDUSTRIAL AGE INDUSTRIAL AGE ELECTRONIC AGE INFORMATION AGE Electronic Age (1930s-1980s) 20XX presentation title 5 • 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. Examples: -Transistor Radio -Television (1941) -Mainframe computers - i.e. IBM 704(1960) -Large electronic computers- i.e. EDSAC (1949) and UNIVAC 1 (1951) -Personal computers – i.e. Hewlett – Packard 9100A (1968), Apple 1 (1976) -OHP, LCD projectors INFORMATION AGE (1990s- 2000s) 20XX presentation title 6 • The Internet paved the way for faster communication and the creation of the social network. People advanced the use of microelectronics with the invention of personal computers, mobile devices, and wearable technology. Moreover, voice, image, sound and data are digitalized. We are now living in the information age. Examples: -Web browsers: Mosaic (1993), Internet Explorer (1995) -Blogs: Blogspot (1999), LiveJournal (1999), Wordpress (2003) -Social Networks: Friendster (2002), Multiply (2003), Facebook (2004), Video: Youtube (2005) -Video Chat: Skype (2003), Google Hangouts (2013) -Search Engines: Google (1996), Yahoo (1995) 20XX presentation title 7 INFORMATION AGE (1990S-2000S) Examples: -Smart Phones -Cloud and Big Data -Microblogs: Twitter (2006), Tumblr (2007) -Wearable Technology -Augmented Reality / Virtual Reality -Portable computers- laptops (1980), netbooks (2008), tablets (1993)