Across
- 3. inform citizens of what is happening
- 4. proper use of technology
- 5. strong difference of opinion; disagreement esp. about official decisions
- 9. refers to the essential competencies (knowledge, skills and attitude) that allow citizens to engage with media and other information providers effectively and develop critical thinking and life-long learning skills for socializing and becoming active citizens
- 11. a person or organization that makes sure that companies, governments, etc., are not doing anything illegal or wrong
- 12. people harnessed the power of electricity that led to electrical telegraphy, electrical circuits and the early large scale computers (through vacuum tubes, transistors and integrated circuits).
- 15. the ability to recognize information needed
Down
- 1. People used the power of steam, developed machine tools, established iron production and manufacturing of various products (including books through the printing press).
- 2. views prevalent among the general public
- 6. action taken after finding the information needed
- 7. People advanced the use of microelectronics in the invention of personal computers, mobile devices and wearable technology. In this stage, the Internet paved the way for faster communication and the creation of the social network. Moreover, voice, image, sound and data are digitalized.
- 8. The ENIAC was invented by J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly at the University of Pennsylvania and began construction in 1943 and was not completed until 1946. It occupied about 1,800 square feet and used about 18,000 vacuum tubes, weighing almost 50 tons.
- 10. is a set of rules for behaving properly online.
- 13. relating to the latest period of the stone age characterized by polished stone implements.
- 14. it is done after evaluating the information gathered