The Impacts Of Digital Technology

The digital age has changed our perception of time, a lot of us now carry a device that we called smart media devices either a phone or a tablet and it continues on to beat the odds. Our lives are not the same anymore when these technologies came into our lives, we use it to communicate, educate and for the convenience it brings to our lives. With the help of digital technology we are constantly communicating, sending messages and making phone calls from any parts of the worlds nowadays. The introduction of video calls that makes us see the person we are talking to in real time has changed the communication even better. The digital technology advances fast to help us adapt with the ever changing modern world. Every year there is a new trend …show more content…
Even sending money worldwide with just a few clicks away online, it has became more time-saving for us. Few years back people are still sending snail mails and greeting cards, now everything is digitized to make it on time to the receiver, its just a one click away and you can received a birthday card greeting through text customized just the way the sender want it. It makes us think that what happened to the traditional way of doing things. According to Ball (2012), “Some of the best thoughts and contributions come from detaching”. Getting out of their way out of their busy day going to a store to pick from a pile of card in the greeting card section, write on it with your thoughts put a stamp and mail it at the nearest post office. In our generation it seems a lot of work whereas you can just type, click and send in your smart devices, it will be a no brainer to do the traditional way. We live in a fast pace, everything is instant and any information you need to access is in the palm of your …show more content…
For example if you pick up your phone and dial a 1800 number you will be connected to a live phone assistant in India. The digital technologies use in the offices like fax, emails, video conference and VOIP ( Voice Over Internet Protocol) helps this companies operate like they are just in one building. With the help of digital technologies working with team members from different time zones makes it a lot more easier for the companies to continue their operations. We have to admit that the internet makes everything much faster and we are constantly hooked to this idea of fast internet, we are continuously attached to the internet not knowingly and when we wake up we develop a habit of looking for our