I use technology all the time. Technology is vital in my everyday life, and I don't even think about it anymore. This wednesday I woke up and found out that my power was gone. My whole building had no electricity, and I had no power the whole day. I had planned to use my computer to figure out where my classes were going to be and I had to charge my phone. This was now not impossible, and I felt so helpless.
I startet to think about how much of my life that depends on technology, and I actually got kind of scared. I've just moved to Australia from Norway, and I know that I would never have gone so far away if I hadn't been able to communicate with my family and friends back home through all the new technology. My mobile phone, e-mail, facebook and skype makes my life so much easier, and I can be updated whenever something happens back home. I'm so used to having the best technology available at all times, that I even get annoyed when my australian internet is slower than the network we have in Norway. I don't even want to find out how my everyday life would have been without all the new communication technology.
Sunday, 31 July 2011
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New communication technology makes it possible to be social without having to move anywhere. You can sit in your bed and talk to the whole world if you want to. But is it the real you that communicate through your computer or phone? I think it is an important issue that you play a role when you are online, and you can choose who you want to be. It's a totally different thing to communicate with people through technology then face to face.
Technology can be used to give a false impression.If you see someones blog or facebook profile, you make up your own thoughts about that person very quickly. Even if we don't want to, we judge people right away. Everyone wants to make the best impression, and you make your profile the way you want others to perceive you. You can easily get the wrong impression of a person by only communicating through technology. The most dangerous issue is when people pretend to someone their not, and they turn out to be pedofile or criminals.
Fortunately, most people don't get experience false identity, but everyone experience some trouble by using technology to communicate. Even if you're just beeing yourself, its impossible to communicate properly by using technology. Our body language and voice is really important for the reciever to understand the whole meaning of the message. If you communicate through new technology the possibility for misinterpretation and misunderstandings will always be there.
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Technology can be used to give a false impression.If you see someones blog or facebook profile, you make up your own thoughts about that person very quickly. Even if we don't want to, we judge people right away. Everyone wants to make the best impression, and you make your profile the way you want others to perceive you. You can easily get the wrong impression of a person by only communicating through technology. The most dangerous issue is when people pretend to someone their not, and they turn out to be pedofile or criminals.
Fortunately, most people don't get experience false identity, but everyone experience some trouble by using technology to communicate. Even if you're just beeing yourself, its impossible to communicate properly by using technology. Our body language and voice is really important for the reciever to understand the whole meaning of the message. If you communicate through new technology the possibility for misinterpretation and misunderstandings will always be there.
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Using Body Language, viewed August 17 2011, http://changingminds.org/techniques/body/body_language.htm
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