Summary
In the history of humanity, human beings have had the need to leave a mark that makes them transcend in history, therefore, since pre-Hispanic times, there is a lot of information that helps us to give an idea of what their needs, customs, ideologies were political and religious, etc. For them, the only support they had at that time was that of the caves and with the process of the cave drawings they made us aware of the social relationships they had between them, then 5500 BC clay was used in different cultures and through the process we progressed This was evolving until arriving with the first digital books, this like everything that originates wisdom has consequences, both favorable and not so pleasant for those who are inside a traditional society.
For many, the book is a source of consultation, for others a treasure where all the universal information can be found, but how did we get to digital? Will this process extinguish the physical book? What about traditional users? What advantages and disadvantages will the reading society have? These are some of the questions that I will try to answer and find a critical approach to it, since we were reached by the digital age and we need to understand a little more about how and why to update, and how readers and information professionals should move forward together.
Abstract
In the history of mankind man has had the need to leave a mark that do transcend in history, from pre-Hispanic times this much information to help us give an idea of what their needs were found customs, ideologies political and religious, etc… them the only support they had at the time was that of the caves and the process of rock drawings gave us understand the social relationships they had among them, then make 5500 a. C. Clay was used in different culture and we progressed through this evolved until the first digital books, like everything that originates wisdom has consequences, both favorable and not so pleasant for those in a traditional society.
For many, the book is a reference source for other treasure where all the information is universal, but how do we get to digital? Does this process exhaust the physical book? What happens to traditional users? What advantages and disadvantages have the reading society? These are some of the questions I will try to respond and find her a critical approach, since they were overtaken by the digital age and we need to understand a little more about how and why update us, as readers and information professionals must move together.
Digital book
An electronic book or digital book, is also known as an e-book, or ecolibro, these are electronic or digital versions that were taken from books or texts. In many cases, the device used to read these books is called digital, which is also known as an e-reader or electronic book reader.
The differences between a digital book and a text book are:
- An electronic book can contain much more information that can be accessed more easily and quickly. If we do not have electricity, battery or computer, it will not be possible to access the electronic book. In textbooks the information is more controlled and is much more reliable The e-book allows access to images, videos, sounds The e-book allows you to modify, copy, paste information.
So how does the digital book modify society ?, for Edgar Tello Leal in his article; Information and communication technologies (ICT) and the digital divide: their impact on Mexican society. It shows that "each technological advance can be read in the first instance as a social process, however, this process does not reach all social strata equally."
This shows us that one of the problems that this impact has within society is that we do not have the technological resources and sometimes neither the necessary knowledge to function in this "technological advance", since in marginalized or third world countries they lack many of the raw materials so that the proper or correct use of this tool is possible and that it reaches all social groups and there is no discrimination within the information.
The information society according to ECLAC in the Declaration of Bávaro is:
«An economic and social system where knowledge and information constitute fundamental sources of well-being and progress, which represents an opportunity for our countries and societies, if we understand that its development in a global and local context requires deepening fundamental principles such as respect for human rights within the broader context of fundamental rights, democracy, protection of the environment, the promotion of peace, the right to development, fundamental freedoms, economic progress and social equity ”. (2003a, p. 1)
It is very clear what ECLAC indicates; It gives us to understand that knowledge and digital information if it changes and modifies society. Why? Because to achieve this, you must first comply with a system and a base that will lead to the information held by each user that is integrated into a society, and if this does not exist, only the information would stagnate.
Cognitive gap in the knowledge society
The new forms of social structuring based on knowledge and learning emphasize the importance of the generation, transmission and transfer of knowledge. "Thus, creative talent is not only valued, but also promoted and perfected throughout the personal and professional training of the human being, so that they have the appropriate abilities to solve problems." (CASAS, 2001; CASAS and DETTMER, in press)
For CORNELLA (2000), «knowledge societies are the organizations and people that face the need to manage information efficiently. The disproportion between the growing volume of information to which we have access and the scarce availability of knowledge, exposes organizations and individuals to a greater risk of falling into the cognitive gap ».
Organizations that intend to survive in the knowledge society must increase their intellectual capital as well as design and apply new knowledge generation strategies.
Access to information is a step forward; however, the most important step is to transform information into knowledge. Although resources are invested to expand the network access infrastructure, a wired society, in which connectivity conditions are available, is not the same as a society prepared to access, evaluate and apply information. The aspiration to reach the knowledge society necessarily implies that people, in addition to access to the network, have real access to information, know what to do with it and have the ability to turn it into knowledge, and knowledge, into tangible benefits.
When basic literacy had long since ceased to be a concern, we once again hear about the literate and the illiterate in today's society, in the Information Society. And we do it with respect to digital culture, the world mediated through Information and Communication Technologies.
The graphic reason to which we referred before, and which has largely shaped societies and their development from the fifteenth century to the present day, is being displaced at an increasingly accelerated pace by digital reason, understood as the articulation of the structures of information, knowledge, communication, production and power through Information and Communication Technologies and the logic associated with them.
Digital is reached when the information meets the medium, this means that it is called digital because it is digitized by means of the computer and uploaded on a website or electronic page.
This process will not extinguish what is physical, since both have to exist for them to work, since there is diversity in users, there are users who prefer to feel the book, there are others who prefer to have them on their electronic devices, this will make the advantages to be many in the reading society since borders and gaps will be broken, but for it to work it must have all the necessary tools and have information specialists so that there are no problems in the process of finding the information that the user wants.
conclusion
In today's world, whether for a person, company or organization, society, being able to access information and communication technologies is an important requirement to participate in a society that is increasingly dependent on technology. ICTs will be a fundamental dynamic element in society. Consequently, those who, individually and collectively, manage to develop the infrastructure and the capacities to use them will be privileged, will have greater decision-making capacity and will influence the construction of the knowledge society.
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