Are we just an information Consumer or do we also Produce information?

You have been invited to your friend’s promotion party. You are happy and excited to join your friend at this important milestone in his/her career. You send in your confirmation through a text message. You get ready and leave for your friend’s residence. On the way, you stop at the gas station to refuel. You pay using your credit card. You stop at an upmarket Archi store to pick a good greeting card and a gift. You get the items billed at the point of sale system and pay cash at the counter. While at the party you click the photographs and post them on Facebook, Flickr, and Instagram. Within minutes, you start getting likes and comments on your posts.

Mentioned the places in this scenario where data was generated:

1. Text message to send confirmation to attend the promotion party.
2. Use a credit card to pay for gas/fuel at the gas station.
3. Point of sale system at Archi where your transaction gets recorded.
4. Photographs and posts on social networking sites.
5. Likes and comments to your posts

Likewise, there are several instances every day where you generate data. Think about cases where you are a consumer of information.

In short, nowadays we all are playing the role of the consumer as well as producer.