Information Age

Examples of Information Age in the following topics:

• Postindustrial Societies: The Birth of the Information Age

  • In the "Information Age," individuals can transfer and have instant access to information, leading to a profound economic transformation.
  • An example of the Information Age is how virtually every individual uses the Internet in some way at their place of work.
  • The Information Age formed by capitalizing on computer microminiaturization advances.
  • This graph shows the drastic increase in Internet usage, indicative of the pervasiveness of the Information Age.
  • Examine the impact the Information Age has on the accessibility and breadth of information available to society

• Work and Technology

  • The Information Age has impacted the workforce through automation and computerization, resulting in higher productivity and fewer jobs.
  • The Information Age has impacted the workforce in several ways.
  • There is another way in which the Information Age has impacted the workforce: automation and computerization have resulted in higher productivity coupled with net job loss.
  • Discuss the shift in the economy from mechanization to automation due to the Information Age and its impact on the modern industrial worker

• The Information Age

  • The Information Age refers to the current period in which information is easily accessed and transferred by individuals.
  • The Information Age, also commonly known as the Computer Age or Digital Age, is a descriptive term for the current, modern age in history in which individuals are able to transfer information freely and have instant access to information.
  • The Information Age came about by capitalizing on advances in computer microminiaturization, with a transition spanning from the advent of the personal computer of the late-1970s to the Internet reaching a critical mass in the early 1990s, followed by the subsequent adoption of such technology by the public in the two decades after 1990.
  • Bringing about a fast evolution of technology, the Information Age has enabled rapid global communications and networking to shape modern society.

• The Changing Face of the Workplace

  • The Information Age has impacted the workforce in several ways.
  • There is another way in which the Information Age has impacted the workforce: automation and computerization have resulted in higher productivity .
  • Examine the impact of the Information Age on the workforce, from automation to polarization

• Ominous Trends in the U.S.

  • Examine how the Information Age is leading to higher productivity but fewer jobs, which lead to polarization between incomes of the rich and poor

• Sourcing Technology

  • In the Information Age knowledge is power, and more than ever companies are trying to protect their knowledge from competitors or freeloaders by using patents and trade secrets.

• Introduction to Information Literacy

• Sources of Information

  • Age: Is the source recent?

• Information and Knowledge

  • Information seeking is the process or activity of attempting to obtain information in both human and technological contexts.
  • Information seeking is related to, but different from, information retrieval.
  • Information management (IM) is the collection and management of information from one or more sources and the distribution of that information to one or more audiences.
  • Information architecture (IA) is the art and science of organizing and labeling websites, intranets, online communities and software to support information use.

• Photography during the Great Depression

  • The Information Division of the FSA was responsible for providing educational materials and press information to the public.
  • Under Roy Stryker, the Information Division of the FSA adopted a goal of "introducing America to Americans."
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