INTELLECTUAL

REVOLUTION
INFORMATION AGE
Prepared by: Christian S. Balingbing
 INFORMATION AGE

Information Age is the shift from the traditional industry

that the industrial revolution brought through
industrialization to an economy based on information
technology.
This era brought about a time period in which people
could access information and knowledge easily.
 R AGE”
“DIGITAL
AGE”
“NEW
MEDIA
Transistors
Revolutionized the field of
AGE”
electronics and allowed 1970 up to the present
radios, calculators and
computers to be subjected to
advancements.
COMPUTERS
are machines or devices that
performs processes, calculations, and
operations based on instructions.

*Charles Babbage introduced the idea of

“programmable computers” way back in
1800s.
*And the first ever computer was made
in 1946.
*Forms of computers include desktop,
laptop, smartphones, calculator, and
abacus, etc.
 This allowed the people to
save information effortlessly and STORAGE DEVICES
efficiently without worrying about
Refers to a computer hardware
the number or amount of data
component that can store or save
they need to record or preserve.
information permanently or
temporarily.

Examples: Hard Disk Drive (HDD),

RAM, SD Cards, CD ROM, Flash
drives, etc.
 This allowed the people to
access information regardless of the
INTERNET
distance they need to travel and
Is a Global Wide Area Network
difficulty of acquiring it.
that connects computer systems
across the world.
Internet was known when the
discovery of the World Wide Web
(www) was introduced by Sir Tim
Berners-Lee.
Later on Browsers took flight and
Search Engines was developed for
easy access of information.
 This allowed the people to
connect with other individuals
regardless of the distance for
easy sharing and dissemination
of information.
SOCIAL NETWORK
Is a social structure made up of
set of social actors that undergo
social interactions through various
social medias.
Facebook, created by Mark
Zuckerburg and others is one of the
most famous and widely used social
media platforms today.
Examples: Facebook, Twitter,
Instagram, and others.
 Advantages and Disadvantages of Information Age

ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES
• Globalization of Knowledge • People become too dependent on
• Improved Communications technology

• Improved Innovation • People are being replaced with machines

producing shortage of job offers
• Improved Entertainment
• People are becoming lazier
• Improved Social Discovery
• Security issues may arise
• Makes Life Easier
THANK YOU!
Christian S. Balingbing
Block:
BSED Science 1A