Culture and communication are said to go hand in hand with each other. Technology has brought in new manifestations of culture and how it affects people relating to one another. Technology is said to change the ways in which people communicate and what they understand to be their ‘cultures’. Many questions come to mind when thinking of culture and communication in today’s society, such as: ‘How technology has an effect/ influence on how one meets people?’ or ‘How it effects ones self-esteem/ego (one’s behaviour) by using technology on an everyday basis?’ The major question that comes to one’s mind is ‘Which has more power, the person using the technology or the technology that can take control of one’s life?’ Culture can be affected by the
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Especially in regard to the traditional and customary practices of a particular ethnic or other cultural group. In other words, this term can apply to any person manifesting any aspect of any culture at any time. For example, whether or not one claims or denies ones culture. One can define oneself but still relate to others. The technologies of the self: bodies are considered an envelope or that it is just a messenger and ones bodies is disposable. That one’s culture is not limited to material things although material things are considered important. For example, a cell-phone. The cell-phone itself is not important but what it transmits matters. ‘Societies, like lives, contain their own interpretation. One has only to learn how to gain access to them (p. 453)’. Culture has its own interpretation to different people. One’s social context gives an idea of what is a learned or embodied ‘culture’. A situational analysis consists of “‘ observing people in a variety of social situations’ in order to determine ‘the way in which individuals are able to exercise choices within the limits of a specified social structure’”(Bourdieu,1990). The ways in which the technology they possess may shape them and their relationships. Especially considering hierarchies and how that “determines one’s role”. As well as the ways in which technology may change or shape their view of themselves or their
Especially in regard to the traditional and customary practices of a particular ethnic or other cultural group. In other words, this term can apply to any person manifesting any aspect of any culture at any time. For example, whether or not one claims or denies ones culture. One can define oneself but still relate to others. The technologies of the self: bodies are considered an envelope or that it is just a messenger and ones bodies is disposable. That one’s culture is not limited to material things although material things are considered important. For example, a cell-phone. The cell-phone itself is not important but what it transmits matters. ‘Societies, like lives, contain their own interpretation. One has only to learn how to gain access to them (p. 453)’. Culture has its own interpretation to different people. One’s social context gives an idea of what is a learned or embodied ‘culture’. A situational analysis consists of “‘ observing people in a variety of social situations’ in order to determine ‘the way in which individuals are able to exercise choices within the limits of a specified social structure’”(Bourdieu,1990). The ways in which the technology they possess may shape them and their relationships. Especially considering hierarchies and how that “determines one’s role”. As well as the ways in which technology may change or shape their view of themselves or their