Reflection on Media and Information Sources

Media and information sources are all about the sources of information that we gather all the time. It is on how could we obtain it and on how to evaluate those sources.
Media and information source is any source that serves as a means of communicating to a general, public audience. The various means by which information is recorded for use of an individual or an organization. It is a means by which a person is informed about something or knowledge is availed to someone. There are three types of information sources; primary, secondary and tertiary.  Primary Sources are original materials on which other research studies are based. It reports a discovery or share new information. They present first-hand accounts and information relevant to an event, in an original form, not interpreted or condensed or evaluated by other writers.  An example for these are letters, photographs, diaries and speeches. Secondary Source of information is the one that was created by someone who did not have first-hand experience or did not participate in the events or conditions being researched. They are generally accounts written after the fact with the benefit of hindsight. Secondary sources describe, analyze, interpret, evaluate, comment on and discuss the evidence provided by primary sources. Examples of these are books, journals and magazines. Lastly, Tertiary sources consist of information which is a distillation and collection of primary and secondary sources. It index, organize and compile citations to, and show primary and secondary sources that can be used. The information of the secondary sources are already ‘digested’ – reformatted and condensed in tertiary sources, to put it into a convenient, easy-to-read form. An example for this is are reference books such as dictionaries and encyclopedia.

Media and information sources can be obtained by human, indigenous, library and internet sources. Human Source is any person who can be a source of data or information. Communication with peers/colleagues is a good way of obtaining vital information. Traditional sources are sources that are obtained traditionally by an indigenous community or people. Library sources are sources that are found in the library. The internet is a global system of networked computers that allow user-to-user communication and transfer of data files from one computer to another. It is the information sources found in the internet. Unlike library sources, some of the information available in the internet are not peer-reviewed or referred as no one individual or group dictates what information should be published or how it should be presented. The freedom to post items allows individual to publish their opinions, ideas and creative works on the internet. Evaluating internet sources is known as CRAAP. Currency, relevance, authority, accuracy and purpose.

Reflection on New Information Age

The new information age is the era where our lives were revolutionized by technology. people enhaces the power of technology and delivers it to its undescoved capabilities.
The Information Age (also known as the Computer Age, Digital Age, or New Media Age) is a period in human history characterized by the shift from traditional industry that the Industrial Revolution brought through industrialization, to an economy based on information technology. The onset of the Information Age is associated with the Digital Revolution, just as the Industrial Revolution marked the onset of the Industrial Age. The definition of what digital means (or what information means) continues to change over time as new technologies, user devices, methods of interaction with other humans and devices enter the domain of research, development and market launch.
During the Information Age, the phenomenon is that the digital industry creates a knowledge-based society surrounded by a high-tech global economy that spans over its influence on how the manufacturing throughout and the service sector operate in an efficient and convenient way. In a commercialized society, the information industry is able to allow individuals to explore their personalized needs, therefore simplifying the procedure of making decisions for transactions and significantly lowering costs for both the producers and buyers. This is accepted overwhelmingly by participants throughout the entire economic activities for efficacy purposes, and new economic incentives would then be indigenously encouraged, such as the knowledge economy.
The Internet paved the way for faster communication and the creation of the social network. People advanced the use of microelectronics with the invention of personal computers, mobile devices, and wearable technology. Moreover, voice, image, sound and data are digitalized. We are now living in the information age. Examples of these are web browsers: Mosaic (1993), Internet Explorer (1995), Blogs: Blogspot (1999), Wordpress (2003), Social networks: Friendster (2002), Multiply (2003), FB (2004), Instagram, Microblogs: Twitter (2006), Tumblr (2007), Video: YouTube (2005)

Reflection on Technology Literacy

Technology literacy is being able to know everything about technology. It is being able to know its use, how it will be used, its limitation, being responsible in using technology by knowing your limitations and being able to enhance the power of technology that will be helpful to us.
Technology use is integral to functioning in everyday life. Very few of today’s educational and professional paths do not require using technology to communicate, problem-solve or complete research. Students who attain technology literacy have an easier time achieving education goals and entering into their career of choice. Technology literacy is the ability to appropriately select and responsibly use technology. Technology literacy is the ability of an individual, working independently and with others, to responsibly, appropriately and effectively use technology tools to access, manage, integrate, evaluate, create and communicate information.

Reflection on Types of Media

This topic is all about the types of media. The ones that are being used to spread and learn new information.
There are three types of media. The print media, broadcast media and digital or new media. The oldest media forms are newspapers, magazines, journals, newsletters, and other printed material. These publications are collectively known as the print media. Although print media readership has declined in the last few decades, many people still read a newspaper every day or a news magazine on a regular basis. The influence of print media is therefore significant. Regular readers of print media tend to be more likely to be politically active. The print media is responsible for more reporting than other news sources. Many news reports on television, for example, are merely follow-up stories about news that first appeared in newspapers. News paper, books, magazines, comics and brochures are some examples of print media. Broadcast media are medias that are used to spread information or news reports broadcast via radio and television. Media such as radio and television that reach target audience using airwaves as the transmission medium. Some examples of broadcast media are television, radio, satellites, mobile phones, movies/films. In digital and new media, the contents are organized and distributed on digital platforms. Example of this are internet, social media and computers.

Activity: How does media affects our everyday life? Illustration

Nonsensical Things: Silly Reactions

Nonsensical Things: Silly Reactions
Video Requirement

Groupmates 

Sofia Ira Adora
Deo Louis Nuguit
Carla Mae Segundo
Caryl Dawn Gallano
April Regalado
Lucky Ano
Hubert Teberio
Jayboy Cuanico
Jayson Licas
April Danah Cajandab
Carla Jean Hermonisio

The Prehistoric Age : (1500 BC – 1500 AD)

Prehistory is the period of human activity between the use of the first stone tools ~3.3 million years ago and the invention of writing systems, the earliest of which appeared ~5300 years ago.Technology that predates recorded history. History is the study of the past using written records; it is also the record itself. Anything prior to the first written accounts of history is prehistoric (meaning “before history”), including earlier technologies. About 2.5 million years before writing was developed, technology began with the earliest hominids who used stone tools, which they may have used to start fires, hunt, cut food, and bury their dead.

Media through the ages

The 20^th century was witness to the birth of what is arguably the most popular device in the history of mankind: the television. TV is a communications technology that has revolutionised the delivery of information, entertainment and artistic expression to the masses. More recently, we have all witnessed (and participated in) the birth of the Internet, a technology whose potential makes TV pale into insignificance in comparison (although, it seems, TV isn’t leaving us anytime soon). These are fast-paced and momentous times we live in. I thought now would be a good opportunity to take a journey back through the ages, and to explore the forms of (and devices for) media and communication throughout human history.

Our journey begins in prehistoric times, (arguably) before man even existed in the exact modern anatomical form that all humans exhibit today. It is believed that modern homo sapiens emerged as a distinct genetic species approximately 200,000 years ago, and it is therefore no coincidence that my search for the oldest known evidence of meaningful human communication also brought me to examine this time period. Evidence suggests that at around this time, humans began to transmit and record information in rock carvings. These are also considered the oldest form of human artistic expression on the planet.

From that time onwards, it’s been an ever-accelerating roller-coaster ride of progress, from prehistoric forms of media such as cave painting and sculpture, through to key discoveries such as writing and paper in the ancient world, and reaching an explosion of information generation and distribution in the Renaissance, with the invention of the printing press in 1450AD. Finally, the modern era of the past two centuries has accelerated the pace to dizzying levels, beginning with the invention of the photographand the invention of the telegraph in the early 19^th century, and culminating (thus far) with mobile phonesand the Internet at the end of the 20^th century.

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List of communication milestones

I’ve done some research in this area, and I’ve compiled a list of what I believe are the most significant forms of communication or devices for communication throughout human history. You can see my list in the table below. I’ve also applied some categorisation to each item in the list, and I’ll discuss that categorisation shortly.

Prehistoric (200,000 BC - 4,000 BC)