The information

age.
The Information Age
- according to James R. Messnger who proposed the theory of information age in 1982, “The
information age is true age based upon the interconnection of computers via
telecommunications, with these information systems operating on both a real time and as needed
basis.

The modern age is • The present time, in which

regarded as a time in which large amount of
information has become a information are available
commodity that is quickly because of developments
and widely disseminated in computer technology
and easily available (Cambridge Dictionary)
through computer
technology. (Meriam
Webster)
History of Information Age
 TRUTH ABOUT 1. MEDIA SPACE MUST EAT.
- The information industry is built on a certain

INFORMATION
quantity of information flow.
- During periods of too much omit, select, or
condense. In a scarcity, media must spread out,
AGE repeat, or include the unimportant information.
- News can be invented readily.

ACCORDING
- Information is shaped to fit the medium and the
available or required size.

TO ROBERT All things are wearisome, more than one can say. The
eye never has enough of seeing, not the ear its fill of

HARRIS
hearing- Ecclesiastes 1:8
 2. Information must compete.
• Here are some ways competition is mounted in the
information arena:

TRUTH ABOUT 1. Exaggeration- overclaims are made, or implications

made in headlines or ticklers. Ever more advertising
INFORMATION vies for attention.
2. Information one-upmanship- our media seem
AGE obsessed with “pushing the envelope,” which often
means moving to evermore excess in search of

ACCORDING TO 3.
attention.
Scarcity- In a world where information is a
ROBERT HARRIS commodity, information that can be positioned as
scarce, exclusive, or secret will have more values than
common information. Thus we see everywhere, “ the
10 secrets of X,” “Exclusive interview,” “ What Y
doesn’t want revealed.” Tonight, A Special.”
Destileria Limtuaco, The maker of Napoleon
Quince, ignted a public firestorm in 2004 when it
posted billboards of its brandy along with tagline
“Nakatikim kana ba ng kinse anyos”?.

“ It was shallow and cheapened human

relationships.” Those were the words used by the
Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines
after it objected to a McDonald’s ad in 2011
showcasing two young children, a boy and a girl.
 TRUTH ABOUT 3. The early word gets the perm.

INFORMATION • The first media outlet to cover on issue often

defines its terms, context, and attitudes
AGE surrounding it. The first statement often
becomes the permanent concept. How the
ACCORDING TO issue will be viewed, what the alternatives are
etc.
ROBERT HARRIS
The first to present his case seems right, till
another comes forward and questions him.-
proverbs 18:17
 TRUTH ABOUT 4. The frame makes the painting.
INFORMATION - The fallacy of false dilemma is
often used, where one side is
AGE presented as highly undesirable and
the other as attractive.
ACCORDING TO - Photographs do not speak for
ROBERT HARRIS themselves. What happened after?
- Often pictures are not worth a
thousand words, the pictures are
ambiguous until explained by words.
 TRUTH ABOUT
5. Selection is a viewpoint.
INFORMATION
- Selecting certain stories to report on
AGE while not selecting certain details of a
ACCORDING story while omitting others reflects not
just the interests but the agenda of the
TO ROBERT media outlet.
HARRIS - Whatever is ignored is seen as not
important and in effect non existent.
 TRUTH ABOUT 6. Newer is equated with truer.
INFORMATION • There is an obsession with the new and
AGE different. Novelty, the unusual, will get
our attention. We are a “been there, done
that” society and always want something
ACCORDING TO new.
ROBERT HARRIS
All the athenians and the foreigners who lived there
spent their time doing nothing but talking about and
listening to the ideas. (Acts 17:21)
 TRUTH ABOUT 7. The media sell what the culture buys.
• Because information is a commodity item, it
INFORMATION must cater to the tastes of its consumers. In
AGE other words, information is shaped by cultural
priorities.
ACCORDING For the time will come when men will not put up with

TO ROBERT
sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will
gather around them a great number of teachers to say
HARRIS what their itching eras want to hear. They will turn their
ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths (2
Timothy 4:3-4)
 8. You are what you eta and so is your brain.
TRUTH ABOUT - We think by using the information given to us
INFORMATION
by others. When you make generalizations, you
must do so based on the information inputs you
AGE make use of.
- we all want to be on the side of the educated
ACCORDING TO professionals and not on the side of the
ignorant bigots.
ROBERT HARRIS The eye id the lamp of the body. If your eyes are good,
your whole body will be full of light. But if your eyes are
bad. Your whole body will be full of darkness. If then light
within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!-
Matthew 6:22-23
 9. All ideas are seen as controversial.
TRUTH ABOUT - There is a saying, “Nothing so bad that some don’t
INFORMATION like; Nothing so good that same won’t strike.” it is
probably impossible to make any assertion that will
AGE not find some supporters and some detractors.
10. Anything in great demand will be
ACCORDING TO counterfeited.

ROBERT HARRIS Designer luggage is in demand, hence product

- Old master paintings are in demand, hence art fraud.

counterfeiting. Similarly, certain kinds of information

are always in great demand and are therefore often
counterfeited.
 TRUTH ABOUT 11. Undead information walks
INFORMATION ever on.
AGE 10. Anything in great demand
will be counterfeited.
ACCORDING TO - wrong information (lies,
ROBERT HARRIS misinformation, rumors,
disinformation) never really passes
away. It comes back and continue
to circulate.
 12. To accuse is to convict; possibility is
TRUTH ABOUT proof.

INFORMATION - Many people believe that no accusation would

be made without any basis, so that if an
AGE accusation is made, it must be true, at least in
part. Many people are too busy to check
ACCORDING TO anything out, so they just assume that
accusation are valid.
ROBERT HARRIS 13. The medium selects the message.
- Television is mostly pictorial partly aural, and
very little textual. Therefore, the visual stories
are the ones emphasized; fires, chases, disasters.
 14. The experimenter effect of media: the presence
TRUTH ABOUT of the media creates the story.

INFORMATION - The experimenter effect is the tendency for the

expectations, actions, or biases of the researchers to

AGE
affect or influence the responses which participants
produce, and therefore at least partially produce the
observed differences.” Lynne Henry
ACCORDING 15. Yours is not to reason why; yours is to buy and
buy.
TO ROBERT - Samuel Johnson, an 18th century writer, said that “no
HARRIS one but a blockhead ever wrote except for money.’’
today, some still write to inform, while there seems to be
more emphasis on persuasion and spin, and more
people than ever write to gratify their egos, keep their
jobs or make money.
 16. The whole truth is a pursuit.
TRUTH ABOUT - The information we receive comes to us
INFORMATION filtered, selected, slanted, verbally charged, and
sometimes fabricated. What is left out is often
AGE even more important than what is included.
17. Provenance provides probability
ACCORDING TO - today, because of pressure to be first or at least
ROBERT HARRIS not left in the dust, news media organizations
pick up and often pass on many of the rumors
that circulate online somewhere, and the ease of
spreading stories, together with the motivations
to lie, dissemble, and slander, causes a constant
churn of junk quality information to circulate.
 IMPACTS OF INFORMATION AGE

• PRIVACY
• ACCURACY
• PROPERTY
• ACCESSIBILITY
 TYPES OF
COMPUTER Computer
- An electronic device that stores
and processes data.
1. PERSONAL
COMPUTER It is a single-use instrument. PCs
were first known as
microcomputers since they were a
complete computer but built on a
small scale than the enormous
systems operated by most
businesses.
2. Desktop computer
• A desktop computer (often abbreviated
desktop) is a personal computer designed
for regular use at a stationary location on
or near a desk (as opposed to a portable
computer) due to its size and power
requirements.
3. Laptop

• These are portable computers that

integrate the essentials of a desktop
computer in battery-powered package,
which are somewhat larger than a typical
hardcover book. They are commonly
called notebooks.
4. Personal Digital Assistant These are tightly integrated
computers that usually have no
keyboards but reply on a touch screen
for user input. PDAs are typically
smaller than a paperback, lightweight
and battery powered.
5. Server

It refers to a computer that has

improved to provide network to other
computers. Servers usually boast
powerful processors, tons of memory,
and large hard drives.
6. Mainframes

These are huge computer systems that can

fill an entire room.
7. Wearable Computers.
They involve materials that are usually
integrated into cellphones, watches,
and other small objects or places.
They perform common computer
applications such as databases, email,
multi media, and schedulers.