Science, Technology & Society

The Information Age

Social Media in the

Information Age
Jonathan P. Manigo, Ph.D.
Physics Division
PRIMING ACTIVITY
Logo Game

 Why do you think you recognized most of

these logos?
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ACTIVITY
DEBATE: PROs and CONs of INFORMATION AGE & SOCIAL MEDIA

ISSUES
 The Information Age has significantly improved
daily lives.
 The Internet has benefitted society.
 Online communities are better than real
communities.

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ACTIVITY
DEBATE: PROs and CONs of INFORMATION AGE & SOCIAL MEDIA
Stage Presenter / Presentation Time
1st Speaker (PRO) – Opening Statement 1 min
1
1st Speaker (CON) – Opening Statement 1 min
2nd Speaker (PRO) – First Set of Arguments 2 min
Rebuttal from CON 2 min
2
2nd Speaker (CON) – First Set of Arguments 2 min
Rebuttal from PRO 2 min
3rd Speaker (PRO) – Second Set of Arguments 2 min
Rebuttal from CON 2 min
3
3rd Speaker (CON) – Second Set of Arguments 2 min
Rebuttal from PRO 2 min
4th Speaker (PRO) – Closing Statement 1 min
4
4th Speaker (CON) – Closing Statement 1 min
TOTAL 20 min

 How do you think social media differs from traditional media?

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 SOCIAL MEDIA IN THE INFORMATION AGE
GUTENBERG PRINCIPLE
 paying for the information
provided by a (traditional) media
institution (buying newspapers,
CD, DVD, etc.)
SOCIAL INFORMATION PRINCIPLE
 “freely” accessing information which is considered to be
owned by the society (searching in Google, Facebook, etc.)
CROWD SOURCING
 information is published and enhanced/used by the society
(Wikipedia, comments section)
SOCIAL NETWORKING
 Information is published in a network so that other network members
may access the information (Facebook, Instagram, etc.)
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 SOME IMPACTS OF SOCIAL MEDIA
EDUCATION
 easy access of educational
information on the internet
 Easy access of non-educational
(fake, sexual) information

BUSINESS
 easy promotion of products
 understanding customers through crowdsourcing
 rise of transparency and challenge of institutionalizing trust
 mass markets are disrupted (no more middle men due to
direct buying sites)
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 SOME IMPACTS OF SOCIAL MEDIA
SOCIETY
 Easily meet people and share ideas
beyond geographical boundaries
 Brings together like-minded people
(networking groups)
 Invasion of privacy due to
published personal information
(photos)
 Addiction to social networking
sites

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ASSIGNMENT
Timing Your Technology
 Instruction: On your worksheet, fill up the table with examples of events
depicting the header column (see example below). List at least five events.
See example below:
Times when you should not use
Times when you can use social media
social media
Time Justification Time Justification

Connecting with long It’s more practical It may degrade the

Attending a family
lost friends and than to spend for a quality of family
reunion
relatives vacation. bonding.

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 THANK YOU
and
SEE YOU NEXT MEETING!

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