INFORMATION ECOLOGY

(ENVIROMENTAL SCIENCE)

History of Computing

In 1900 computing was a career, the person who is tabloid numbers and information was called computer. Where else in in World War2, was creating massive building size computer to figure out the enemies activity to save the world. In the late 60’s till today we can see it has grown all the way like a mountain. The idea was to create desktop computer for individual user. Today we have passed over 1 billion internet users and soon it be 1 trillion and etc. Computing is not in the computer but it’s all around us today. People are in the information. It creates a whole new industry.

 Based on the journal "Open Cultures and The Nature of Networks" by Felix Stalder

The author was trying to emphasis that joined atmosphere (network) which is connected to information and its call nodes.  It’s a community build through the computer.  Nodes are combination of information from different sources. Its new things are introduced beyond borders. The information is free of charge and faster.

Fundamental points of Information Ecology

Interdependency

Nodes are like human beings there are interconnected with one another. Each node is connected to another node which creates a network. Computer can be a node and other device such as scanner, printer etc. Without the flow and nodes coming together there be no information flowing.

Change (Modification)

New flows of information can change everything (Postman, 1992). The interdependence of the nodes means that information can travel through the whole environment and, according to the way it is reshaped in each node, it grows or decreases in relevance and speed. It simply tells us that things will change the years and we have accept it and change accordingly. New flows can change in a good perceptive or vice versa. At the end of the day the end user has the control on how to shape it.

Time boundless

Various types of social networks are rapidly increasing in numbers such as twitter and Facebook. For example celebrities gave a new life twitter on wanting their fans to follow them.  Therefore time is no more a factor in the ecological community because information is moving as quickly as human are.

Differentiation (Variation)

In the article Stadler mention that, the difference between the node and the flow and among the nodes, is the basis upon which the flows are redirected, new connections are established and old ones maintained. Nodes are struggling and developing just like we struggling to keep ourselves update with the current trend. For example, we do not even know what Facebook is few years ago, but now we are well verse with it and even a day without facebook we feel we are backdated or left behind. Same goes with nodes they form a network to spread their information and later move on to another and another. It goes on like a cycle. We have to be careful because sometimes once a new context is established the old context be destroyed and we be empowered by it.

Speedy Questions

What is the beauty of internet?

We can be any part of the world and  at any time sharing information across the globe

without actually being there.

Does media affect female audience?

YES, the media is always telling to be skinny and have curves and it’s not okay being

bigger