Science,
technology
and society
Th/F/Sat (6:00 pm to 7:30 pm)
MARVIN A. LOPEZ
learning
After this lesson, students will be able
objectives
to:
describe Johannes Gutenberg impact on the
1 conveying information;
explain the impact of Gutenberg’s inventions
2 of the printing press; and
3 the importance of Gutenberg of the modern
day.
Johannes
Gutenberg
He is famous for having
designed and built the
first printing press to
incorporate movable
type and mechanized
inking and for using his
inventions to produce
the Gutenberg Bible
Johannes
• Known For: Inventing the movable
Gutenberg
type printing press
• Born: c. 1394-1404 in Mainz, Germany
• Parents: Friele Gensfleisch zu Laden
and Else Wirich
• Died: February 3, 1468 in Mainz,
Germany
• Education: Apprentice to a goldsmith,
may have enrolled at the University of
Information age
(Gutenberg to social media)
• The Information Age is also called the Computer Age,
the Digital Age, and the New Media Age.
• Introduced “movable type printing”
• Established “Gutenberg Era”
Shaping the nature of society and its underlying
institutions
• Principle
“The massive distribution of information in an
expensive manner because it is institutionalized”
the pre-gutenberg world
The printing press was not yet available:
• Information could be processed in a tendinous manner.
• Books were written and produced by hand.
• They were made on surfaces of clay, wax, papyrus, and
parchment.
• The hand-produced books and other reading materials
were restricted only to those people who could afford
to buy these materials, called the “Elite Group of
People”
• Information was only relayed to other through a word-
The post
gutenberg world
This era can be described as
the emergence of the internet
and the world wide we. This
paved the way to the possible
uploading and downloading of
all media instruments such as
video, audio, and images
The gutenberg
revolution
• It began with the introduction
of printing
• Most books that was printed
were of religious texts of the
medieval period that were
initially written in Latin but as
time passed by, some books
were written in local language
which made them available
and understandable to
computer - Analytical
engine
• This technology was designed for
mathematical calculations and
simple decision-making
capabilities.
• The ‘Main-Frame Computers’ were
large room-sized computers that
provide people with data
calculation and manipulation faster
than the human brain.
• Invented by Charles Babbage an
the internet
• A company named
“Intel”
• Development of Fiber-
optics
• It was a government-
controlled project until
1984
• Developed in California,
US in the late 1960s
• Developed faster Vint Bob
world wide web
• Sir Tim Berners-Lee, a British
computer scientist that started in
the 1990s
• Similarly, online businesses can
earn money through online
transactions.
• Home pages were made by
companies, business owners or
Sir Tim Berners-
electronic mail or e-mail
• His claim is based on an electronic
mail software called “EMAIL”
• Started building the system in 1978
V.A. Shiva
The most commonly
used social media
platforms
Messenger Google Yo u Tu b e
Fa c e b o o k Tw i t t e r Instagram
FACEBOOK Mark Zuckerberg co-founded the
social networking website Facebook
out of his college dorm room at
Harvard University.
He founded the service in 2004
while he was at Harvard University
with four of his fellow students.
Facebook is a social networking site
that makes it easy for you to
Mark
TWITTER
It was created by Jack Dorsey, Noah
Glass, Biz Stone, and Evan Williams
in March 2006 and launched in July
of that year.
It is a social media site, and its
primary purpose is to connect
people and allow people to share
their thoughts with a big audience.
Jack Dorsey
MESSENGER
A messenger app is any app that
enables a private messaging
function between two or more
people.
It is an instant messaging service
owned by Facebook, launched in
August 2011, replacing Facebook
Mark Chat.
GOOGLE
Google was founded
on September 4,
1998, by Larry Page
and Sergey Brin.
Google is an internet
search engine.
Larry Page Sergey Brin
YOUTUBE
YouTube was founded by
Steve Chen, Chad
Hurley, and Jawed
Karim. February 14,
2005
YouTube is a free video
sharing website that
makes it easy to watch
Chad Steve Jawed online videos.
Hurley Chen Karim
INSTAGRAM
Instagram was founded by Kevin
Systrom. It is a free, online photo-
sharing application network
platform that was acquired by
Facebook in 2012
Kevin Systrom
GOD IS
GOOD ALL
THE TIME,
AND ALL
