Media technology

matter how much technology advances, we are humans and we will always have the ability to feel and have feelings. In Sherry Turkle’s book, Reclaiming Conversation, the author is optimistic that we still have time to reverse the effects of technology. She is incorrect. Some technological advancements are helping to give people a second chance at life and this is not something they want reversed. Instead I would tell Sherry Turkle to really try and make the most of how much technology has…

Ray Bradbury, the dystopian future predicts that we become an uneducated, vacuous race consumed in technology, books are slowly losing their value over time. As society began to move at a faster pace, quite literally — cars travel so fast that billboards must stretch 200 feet long to be readable, the written word started to seem too slow and boring, especially in comparison to the new forms of media that became available. People preferred to stay home and watch the “parlor walls” — giant…

escalating issue with the effect of screens and conformity and that has changed how the good life is defined. Over the generation, technology has begun to take over society. In the past there was excitement over the invention of radios and television. Now people are beginning to get drawn into the takeover of technology. Instead of getting excited about new technology, society has already become sick of the old and want the new. Instead of just taking a walk and enjoying the chirping…

With the ever-accelerating updating of science and technology, humans are not content to live only in the real world. We found ourselves travel between virtual and real world frequently more than ever. Virtual world has already become part of our daily routine. It is revolutionizing the way we live and view the world to an unexpected extent. Nevertheless, its benefits still need to be measured against its liabilities when compared to real world. We should not incline to either of these two…

Imagine a day without any technology: global news would not be available, a quick search on Google cannot be made, and a Skype call to one’s friend who is studying abroad would not be possible. Technology is the driven force behind today’s proliferating society, and it has truly created a “smaller” world; individuals can connect with acquaintances from across the globe in a matter of seconds. Furthermore, the health industry has endured enormous advancements in research, medicine, etc. due the…

structures rather than build Legos off of the computer or even listening to music from iTunes instead of playing an instrument or singing. Recess is even being taken out of schools and being replaced by computer classes to teach children to be more technology savvy. Journalist Steve Nelson find this a disturbing…

As the amount technology available continued to spread at an almost exponential rate, the size of computers, which once took up an entire room, and their price were reduced down to more manageable sizes. As a result, computers become a commonplace piece of equipment found in many workplaces and family living rooms. However, as the year 2000 drew near, people began to fear that drastic changes would occur in their lives because of a simple bug called the Year 2000, or simply, Y2K. People’s fears…

Technology: Not So Bad After All Many educators and parents have complained over the fact that their students and children have very short attention spans and technology is to be blamed. They claim that in the classroom, students’ phones can be continuous distractions that impede effective learning (Barnes, Raymond, and Sharmila 2-3). At home, parents lament over the fact that their children are constantly watching tv or using their phones while simultaneously completing their schoolwork…

As a tyrannical government is allowed to rule freely over the illiterate masses, technology became so advance in a way wherein work that should be done by people are being replaced by robots, virtual centers are being safe havens for the people who choose to refuse to live but rather exist in something that isn’t real and tangible. Raissa Claire U. Rivera’s “Virtual Center” is a unique but horrifying example of a society built in Class Division which showcased the poor versus the rich, and the…

million years ago, the technology began to shape the mankind when humans used stone tools to hunt, start fires and bury their dead. Throughout the evolution from the stone age till today, humans have been immensely dependent upon technology to shape their world and provide them with amenities that can guide them to an effective and easy living. In the contemporary world, our interactions and relations are mostly governed through the world we have created virtually i.e the social media. Our…