Evolution to the Information Society
To evaluate the human evolution one crucial point in the analysis is the comunication as a tool for produce the thinking that differentiate us from the other animals, this "thing" that make us unique.
In this article I want to surf with you in a brief note about the humanity comunication media evolution.
| The Speaking | |
| The first landmark in the human history was the ability to speak, to transmit ideas and knowledge through the speech. This was the base from wich the following advances were build. |
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| The Writing | |
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The discovery of the writing as a form to register the knowledge for accessing them in a quickly and safety way was the second step. In addition to this, the knowledge durability and consistency were much greater than the oral transmission. |
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| The Press | |
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The discovery of the press was another qualitative jump. The knowledge now
would be available in a more fast form and would arrive at more people. When automating the production of great amounts of a same content the people could dedicate more time to create new knowledge.
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XX Century
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Already in century XX adds the radio and the television.
These massive forms of communication adds auditory and visual means to
distribute knowledge, which makes increase the quality of the information that circulates. In addition to this they arrive at a greater number of people and a greater speed. |
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| Internet | |
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In the middle of the decade of the '80 the rising of Internet is |
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