Digital Revolution

Dr. Abhinita Daiya

DY Patil International University
 Digital Revolution Defined

• The Digital Revolution refers to the advancement of

technology from analog electronic and mechanical
devices to the digital technology available today.

• The Digital Revolution also marks the beginning of

the Information Era.

• The Digital Revolution is sometimes also called the

Third Industrial Revolution
 Timeline
The development and advancement of digital technologies started
with one fundamental idea: The Internet. Here is a brief
timeline of how the Digital Revolution progressed:
1947-1969: Origins
The transistor, which was introduced
in 1947, paved the way for the development
of advanced digital computers. The
government, military and other organizations
made use of computer systems during the
1950s and 1960s. This research eventually
led to the creation of the Internet.
• 1969-1989: Invention of Internet, Rise of home Computers
The computer became a familiar machine and by the end
of the decade, being able to use one became a necessity for
many jobs. The first cellphone was also introduced during this
decade.
• 1989-2005: Invention of the World Wide Web,
mainstreaming of the Internet, Web 1.0
By the late 1990s, the Internet became a part of everyday life
for almost half of the American population. By this decade,
the Digital Revolution had begun to spread all over the
developing world; mobile phones were commonly seen, the
number of Internet users continued to grow, and the television
started to transition from using analog to digital signals.
2005–present: Web 2.0, social media,
smartphones
In late 2005 the population of
the Internet reached 1 billion, and 3
billion people worldwide used cell
phones by the end of the
decade. HDTV became the standard
television broadcasting format in many
countries by the end of the decade.

By 2012, over 2 billion people used the Internet, twice the

number using it in 2007. Cloud computing had entered the
mainstream by the early 2010s. By 2016, half of the world's
population was connected and as of 2020, that number has
risen to 67%.
 Socio-Economic Impact
Positive aspects include:
• greater interconnectedness,
• easier communication,
• exposure of information
• The economic impact of the digital revolution has been wide-
ranging.
• Small regional companies were suddenly given access to much
larger markets.
• rapidly dropping technology costs made possible innovations in all
aspects of industry and everyday life.
• After initial concerns of an IT, evidence is mounting that digital
technologies have significantly increased the productivity and
performance of businesses.
Negative effects include:
• information overload,
• internet predators,
• forms of social isolation,
• media saturation.
• reduced productivity due to
distraction from work.
• privacy invasion, such as
keystroke recording and
information filtering
applications.
 Copyright and trademark issues
• Copyright and trademark issues also found new life in the
digital revolution. The widespread ability of consumers to
produce and distribute exact reproductions of protected
works dramatically changed the intellectual property
landscape, especially in the music, film, and television
industries.
• The digital revolution, especially regarding privacy,
copyright, censorship and information sharing, remains a
controversial topic. As the digital revolution progresses it
remains unclear to what extent society has been impacted
and will be altered in the future.