Media, Information and Technoculture 2000F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Vannevar Bush, Altair 8800, Marcian Hoff

• School: Western University
• Department: Media, Information and Technoculture
• Course: Media, Information and Technoculture 2000F/G
• Professor: Daniel Robinson

Document Summary

The era of the encyclopedia lasts around 200 years. Making the storage of knowledge readily available to the person. Encyclopaedia: encyclop die, denis diderot, encyclopaedia britannica (1768) World(cid:859)s first e(cid:374)(cid:272)(cid:455)(cid:272)lopedia pu(cid:271)lished i(cid:374) differe(cid:374)t la(cid:374)guages. Revolutionary giving knowledge to ordinary people: the age of the enlightenment where scientific and philosophic reasoning becomes important, rather than god, to create a better world. It(cid:859)s (cid:272)ase of i(cid:374)for(cid:373)atio(cid:374) (cid:272)reati(cid:374)g a (cid:271)roader se(cid:374)se of good like the newspaper. Knowledge and power: political and informational. Political in the sense it is shaping the balance of power in the society. Individuals entries, written by specialists and experts on the topic. Provided ordinary people with lots of access to that information. B(cid:455) the earl(cid:455) (cid:1005)(cid:1013)(cid:1004)(cid:1004)(cid:859)s telegraph, radio, cinema is around. Specialized learning: you have to specialize in something, two generations before you were expected to be well-rounded, but now you have to be an expert in a particular field.