Modern digital devices represent extreme aeropagetica. Whereas access to mass media was controlled by the expense of printing or broadcasting a few decades ago, any of the billions individuals who carry a smart phone can capture an image or video and publish it to a world-wide audience quickly (measured in seconds) and inexpensively (margin cost is near zero).
The invention of digital electronic computers during World War II signaled the beginning of a transformation in how humans interact with information; that transformation accelerated with the arrival of personal computers in the late 1970’s, and accelerated even more with the opening of the Internet to general populations.
Director of Teaching and Learning Innovation at a community college in New England
Retired k-12 science/ math/ technology teacher/ technology integration specialist/ coordinator