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Nowadays, society is experiencing a world of constant change. New ideas are always emerging and every aspect of the daily life is being updated by technology. From the very start of the day, people is surrounded by media, internet, personals computers, and phones; occasionally without being aware that all those activities and uses fall down to the Information, communication and technology (I.C.T) term. This term is often associated with elaborate technology and expensive machines but I.C.T. also covers basic areas and conventional technologies such as phones and Televisions technology. While definitions of ICTs are varied, words like produce, store, process, distribute and exchange of information can be found as common denominators in every …show more content…

It evolved from a few scratches to complex novels and theories, the massive production of information created a need to store and spread the information in a more efficient way. Since the invention of printing technology in the 15th century, the production of books gave a new turn. Publication of books and journals on magnetic media microfilms and microfiche followed suit in the 1930s. This led to space problems in libraries and to the use magnetic media publication of books as a solution. While libraries were adapting to this new form , and facing lack of acceptance from the readers, in the 60s computing technology was being developed and prepared to take the lead on the publishing industry under the term of …show more content…

Due to this the world started to experience the change, it was then perceived, authors like Stephen King publishing their books on-line at the price of one dollar in his own site and also in amazon and Glassbook Reader; it became common to expect a physical release of a book as well as a digital form; but this phenomenon was not exclusive to novel, journals and magazine started to experience with it, the prominent publication of scientific journals on-line made people value this formats when formal annual subscriptions to journals could be somewhat costly, people could access journals on-line for free or to a considerable smaller fee; academic journals were also able to be published without being peer reviewed which accelerated the process, however,

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