Information Revolution

Examples of Information Revolution in the following topics:

• Modernization and Technology

  • With the introduction of mechanized textile production in New England during the Industrial Revolution, many women who previously earned wages by sewing or weaving in their homes took positions at textile mills, working outside of the home for the first time.
  • With the introduction of mechanized textile production in New England during the Industrial Revolution, many women who previously earned wages by sewing or weaving in their homes took positions at textile mills, working outside of the home for the first time.
  • The printing press became a key factor in the rapid spread of the Protestant Revolution and is thought to have enabled the development of national identities.
  • The technologies of the Renaissance period, which introduced methods of mechanization, were the predecessors of the mass-production techniques that fueled the Industrial Revolution during the 18th and 19th centuries, which started in Great Britain and emanated outwards.
  • These processes may be considered the phase of technological innovation following the Industrial Revolution, which some have labeled the Information Revolution.

• Postindustrial Societies: The Birth of the Information Age

  • An example of the Information Age is how virtually every individual uses the Internet in some way at their place of work.
  • The idea is linked to the concept of a digital age or digital revolution, as most of this information is instantaneously available online.
  • The Information Age formed by capitalizing on computer microminiaturization advances.
  • This graph shows the drastic increase in Internet usage, indicative of the pervasiveness of the Information Age.
  • Examine the impact the Information Age has on the accessibility and breadth of information available to society

• Introduction to Information Literacy

• Gabriel's Rebellion

  • Gabriel's uprising was notable not because of its results—the rebellion was quelled before it could begin—but because it demonstrated the potential for mass resistance and revolution.
  • This ratio made white slave owners in the region particularly fearful of revolts such as the Haitian Revolution that began in the 1790s.
  • The French and Haitian Revolutions had encouraged the emigration of many slave-owning whites and free people of color to the American South.
  • Information regarding the revolt was leaked prior to its execution, however, and Monroe called the state militia to action.

• The Spread of Revolution

• Japan's Industrial Revolution

• The October Revolution

• Egypt's First Revolution

• The Iranian Revolution

• The Cultural Revolution