From Samuel Morse’s telegraph registers in the 1800’s to Alexander Graham Bell’s revolutionary telephone to Steve Job’s trendsetting Apple computer, the world slowly stepped into the shores of the Information Age. The Information Age is the product of global industrialization and technological innovations that allows information to be manipulated for the betterment of the economy and evolution of a modern society.
It cannot be ignored that computers, smartphones and other gadgets are taking over the society. All of which have the goal of improving social cohesion, productivity growth and innovation. Accordingly, there is a significant concern in an individual’s role knowledge and code of behavior or discipline. To effectively maximize the function of the economy and the advancement of the society, communication in terms of literacy and education is required. However, there are also risks that come with the Information Age on an individual’s security and safety. No matter how the information age may push for global mobility and other seemingly great contributions, being too dependent on it may also lead to its probable downfall.
As college students living in the early 21st century, we are brought up with a background on literacy and education on the information age. Sure enough, the Information Age has helped each of us access academic journals and other sources for our research papers or easily communicate with our friends and classmates but, consequently, it also led to the increasing cases of plagiarism, data theft and other cybercrimes, which everyone must be cautious and aware of. In the Philippines, it even came to a point that the government was called to attention regarding this critical and present issue. The Republic Act No. 10175 or the “Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012” was even passed and approved until Filipino ‘netizens’ protested against this alleged ‘Digital Martial Law’. Even if there is an evident uprising of illegal activities brought about by the Information Age, it cannot be ignored that majority of the people today are dependent on it.
Therefore, the task of each individual living in this Information Age is to CTRL + ALT + SHIFT. To control one’s life by learning. To alter any thought of information manipulation for one’s own benefit and to only think about the betterment of the whole modern society. To shift one’s perspective every once in awhile as to not be too dependent on this age in time.
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