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 A BRIEF OUTLINE
• History of Information Age
• Truths about Information Age
(Robert Harris)

COVERED • Computer and Types of

Computer
TODAY • The World Wide Web
(Internet)
• How to Check the Reliability
of Web Sources
• Examples of Useful Reliable
Web Source
 INFORMATION AGE

It is also known as the Computer age, Digital

or N
age, ew age. It is a true new age based upon the
inte

h these information systems operating on both

ti real- me and as-needed basis.
HISTORY OF INFORMATION AGE

• Information age is a historical period began in

the mid-20th century.
• It was invented by Claude Shannon, also
known
as “The Father of the Information Age”
 FOUR PERIODS OF
I N FO R M AT I O N A G E

3000 BC AND 1450 AND 1840 1840 AND 1940 1940 - PRESENľ
1450 AD
Premechanical Age Mechanical Age Electromechanical Electronic Age
Age
PREMECHANICAL AGE
It is the earliest age of information
technology. It can be defined as the
time between 3000 BC and 1450 AD.
One invention is the PETROGLYPH
invented by the ancestors of today’s
Pueblo people.
MECHANICAL AGE
The mechanical age can be defined as
the time between 1450 and 1840.
One invention is the DIFFERENCE
ENGINE by Charles Babbage.
ELECTROMECHANICAL AGE

It can be defined as the time between

1840 and 1940. One invention is the
HARVARD MARK 1 by Harvard
University around 1940.
ELECTRONIC AGE
It can be defined as the time between
1940 and right now. One invention is the
Apple II (computer) by Steve Wozniak.
 5. The early word gets the perm
The Truths of the
“Information Age” 6. You are what you eat and so is your brain

7.Anything is great demand will be

by Robert Harris counterfeited

8. Ideas are seen as controversial

1. Information must complete.

9. Undead information walks ever

on
2. Newer is equated with truer

10. Media presence creates the

3. Selection is a view point story

4. The media sells what the 11.The media selects the message
culture buys
 COMPUT
ER
Most impoítant contíibutoís of advances in the
infoímation age to society. It is an electíonic
device that stoíe and píocess data (infoímation).
TYPES OF COMPUTER

PERSONAL DESKTOP LAPTOPS

C O M P U TE R ( P C ) COMPUTER Is a portable com puter
that integrates the
It is a single user Described as P C that is
essentials of a desktop
instrum ent. First known not designed for
com puter. They are
as microcomputer profitability.
com m only called
The assum ption with a
notebooks.
desktop is that it will be
set up in a perm anent
TYPES OF COMPUTER

P ERSON A L SERVER MAINFRAMES

DIGITAL It refers to com puter Huge computer system
A S S IS T A N that has been im prove that can fill an entire room .
T to provide network The term “m ainframe”
service to other has been replaced by
( P DA S) computers. enterprise server.

Highly integrated
com puters that usually
THE WORLD WIDE WEB
(INTERNET)
• Internet was developed during the 1970s by the Department of Defense.
• One early problem faced by internet users was speed.
- The development of FIBER-OPTIC cables allowed for billions of
bits of information to be received every minute.
- Companies like INTEL developed faster microprocessors, so
personal computers could process the incoming signals at a more rapid
rate.

• In the early 1990s, the WORLD WIDE WEB was developed, in large part, for
commercial purposes.
-ELECTRONIC MAIL or EMAIL, a new form of communication
that were introduced which is a convenient way in sending a message to
associates or friends.
 It is accessible from anywhere around
1
the globe with the availability of the
internet.

You can get access to information

2 or make information accessible to
the world.
ADVANTAGES
OF WORLD 3
You can connect to people from
anywhere by sitting in your
WIDE WEB home.

(INTERNET) 4
You can communicate with anyone
around the world through texts,
chats, and emails.

You can create a website for your

5 business and do much more using
the Web and the internet.
 1.In some cases, you or someone else can post
1 your public information on the World Wide Web
including the name, image, address, age, and
other personal details.

The Web is inclusive of all types of content and

2 this could include some inappropriate content as
well.
DISADVANTA
GES OF 3
The more information is shared or used online,
the higher are the risks of data theft or identity
WORLD WIDE theft.

WEB 4
There is a use of cookies to collect customer
information, which can invite many spams which
(INTERNET) is not useful for the person.

5 There is always a chance of spreading

news.
 1.Look for established
institutions
How to Check the 2. Look for sites with expertise

Reliability of 3. Steer clear of commercial sites

Web Sources 4. Beware of bias

5. Check the date

6. Consider the site’s look

7. Avoid anonymous authors

8. Check the link

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Oxford Journals
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 EXAMPLES OF 12 Proquest Dissertation
USEFUL RELIABLE and Theses (PQDT)
http://search.proquest.com
WEB SOURCES
13 SpringerNature
9 Philippine eJournals
eJournals htts://link.springer.com/
www.ejournals.ph
14 Wellness Resource Complete
10 Proquest Central (PQC) www.infotrac.galegroup.com/itwe
https://search.proquest.com
b/phnl

15 Google Scholar
11 Pressreader
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www.pressreade.com
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