week 02 - com546
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COM546 : History and Evolution of the Digital
AgeKathy E. Gill
13 January 2009
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What is “technology”?
1: technical language; 2a: applied science b: a technical method of achieving a practical purpose 3: a totality of the means employed to provide objects necessary for human sustenance and comfort
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Technology, Simply Put
• Knowledge used to solve problems and extend human potential.
• Technology is about enabling change and amplifying its direction.
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Communication• A process in which participants
create and share information with one another in order to reach mutual understanding (Rogers, 1995).
• Two forms: mediated and face-to-face
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An Evolution• Caves in France• Paper and charcoal/ink• Printing Press• Telegraph et al (radio, television)• Computer mediated
communications
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So, what is new?
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1. Scarcity1. Scarcity
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2. Distance
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"This is the age of telegrams. The public is accustomed to the consideration of facts in the briefest terms.” The Science Record for
1873
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Paradox• Pre-voice telephony – we
transferred “data” (eg, wire transfers of money)
• Digital age – our “voice” is now “data” (zeros-and-ones)
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Credits
• Presentation by Kathy E. Gill, [email protected], @kegill CC share-and-share alike, non-commercial use
• Images• “Three” : http://www.irasperipheralvisions.com/images/number-
3.jpg• “Reflection”:
http://csem.flinders.edu.au/courses/Computing/DigitalMedia.jpg• “Earth” – NASA• Clock, Tap - iStockPhoto