Transforming Information to Knowledge

There have been many advances since the initial invention of the computer fifty years ago. Today, computers operate many of the things that we use in everyday life. Some examples of these things are farm machinery, cars, planes, video games, heat and water delivery to our homes, banking, billing, and even the stock market. The advances of the computer have resulted in the

In today’s society, technology is something that we see in almost every aspect of our life in some way shape or form. Whether it be for recreational use or work use, technology is present. Technology used to be much smaller than it is today. In the mid-20th century, technological advances began to boom. People in turn realized that computers were the way of the future.

During the late 19th and early 20th centuries Science & Technology have grown-up a radical contribution to industry, and the personal computer has become a defining symbol of our age. In 1940, it was not recognized that Science & Technology would develop into an innovative way that would intensely affect business, trade, the monetary world, administration, discipline, education, communications, entertainment, and society as a whole. Today, information technology and its applications persist to go forward progressively. Computers and communication technology will become even more precious to civilization as they are ever more able to distinguish

Society has been impacted by the increased availability of electronic information in a number of different ways. I am going to talk about how the availability of information affects me and my family, also how it affects society in general and the average individual and to conclude I will talk about individuals and the effect on those who do not have access to IT. Electronic information is available to us via Smartphones, PC’s, PDA’s, Tablets and Laptop’s. There are also advantages and disadvantages of the increased availability of electronic information.

We have now entered the Information Age.(6) The dominant technology of this age is the computer. This technology has also produced specializations. There are those who design and build them, those who program them and those whose function is to use

The strength of using computers for information processing lies in their capacity to handle vast amounts of data, calculations and iterations while maintaining a high level of accuracy, reliability and lower cost of investment as

In this research, I will conclude some of the most essential trends in information and communication nowadays, and explain why they are so important and how they are probably going to be.

This phenomena can be understood fro the wholesale deployment of the convergence of the high speed computers, communication apparatus, information and data bank as well as skilled manpower, which brought about dramatic changes in all facts of life. The emergence of multi-

11). Also, information commodities are not popular and relevant for a long time (p. 12). As the times change and more knowledge is acquired, textbooks are updated in order to be relevant. According to Adair, “the size of the potential market for information commodities is not limited by productive capacity” (p. 12). Information commodities are interesting; they are expensive because of “creative labor,” however, you can purchase a copy of the product (p. 12). Therefore, the idea is costly, while the product can be affordable. The price of information commodities depends on “the size of the market and quality of the labor” (p. 13). The size of the market can increase the amount that information costs (p. 13). When it comes to selling information commodities, wealth develops through rent (p. 23). The exchange value for this type of commodity seems to come from the creative labor involved in making a product (p. 11). Information commodities “are obsolete as soon as they are completed, do not require additional labor, are protected by intellectual property laws, and create a dream for labor, which is not to become capital but to become excessively valorized labor” (p.

First, technology has made us more dependant on the internet and others when we want information. An example of this being myself; When I had been asked a question that I didn’t know the answer to and I had thought that the internet would have it, then I turned to the internet without even consulting the other options because I had considered them more work. Work that I

Buckland’s definitions were as follows. He describes information as a process as “ when someone is informed, what he or she knows is changed. In this sense “information” is “The act of informing…; communication of the knowledge or ‘news’ of some fact or occurrence; the action of telling or fact of being told of something”. I think it speaks on the actual action of informing. Without these processes ever have taken place information cannot be transferred between individuals. Information as knowledge is described as ,“Information also used to denote that which is perceived in ‘information as process:’ the knowledge communicated concerning some particular fact, subject, or event ...”. To sum it up knowledge in his eyes is primarily seen as

The present period can be seen as the time of the digital revolution, described by boundless, simple to buy, and simple to utilize different digital gadgets that are getting littler and littler in size, progressively speedier, and have bigger capacity limits. We live in a world that is continually associated with the web which is

Castells, M., 2000. The Rise of the Network Society - The Information Age: Economy, Society and Culture Vol. I. Cambridge, MA; Oxford, UK: Blackwell.

Knowledge is defined to be facts, information, and skills acquired through experience or education. There are two categories that fall under knowledge; personal knowledge and shared knowledge. Shared knowledge refers to what “we know because.” It can also be defined as communicated and constructed knowledge; within culture, social norms, and semiotics. Personal knowledge refers to “I know because.” An expanded definition of personal knowledge refers to personal experiences, values, and perceptions. Shared knowledge changes and evolves over time because of methods that are continuously shared. It is assembled by a group of people. Personal knowledge, on the other hand, depends crucially on the experiences of a particular individual. It is gained

How it helps to explain an equitable Information Society? The idea of space in this term comes from urban sociologists. The major emphasis is on information networks which connect locations and in consequence can have profound effects on the organization of time and space (Webster, 2006, p.17). Indeed, information networks become the most important dimensions of society which connect links all around the world. People are connected to networks and networks themselves expand in their patterns. The most reputed in this area is undoubtedly Manuel Castells. He believes on network society which goes further than information society which he argues that it is not purely the technology that defines modern societies, but also cultural, economic and political factors that make up the network society (Network Society, 2012). Moreover Castles defines network society as a society whose social structure is made of networks powered by microelectronics-based information and communication technologies (Castells, 2004, p. 3). What makes this society different is the power of information as Castells claims “What we actually mean, and what I always meant is that our society is characterized by the power embedded in information technology. at the heart of an entirely new technological paradigm which I called informationalism (Castells, 2004, p.7)”.