Communication Technology And Its Effects On Society

Technology has changed people’s communication greatly. Technology hurts human communication because it separates bonds, and people don’t know how to do face to face talking anymore.

Communication used to be a face-to-face, interpersonal interaction, but the modern world’s technology was fabricated numerous methods of communication that do not necessitate geographical proximity. These methods are referred to as telecommunication. It is no longer necessary to be standing next to, or even remotely near someone, in order to communicate with them, due to the fact that telecommunication makes it possible to exchange information regardless of physical distance. All of these modern technological advances such as cell phones, email, and social media, have an enormous role in shaping the way that we communicate and live. While there are plenty of advantages that telecommunication has brought to the human race, excessive use of technology has many detrimental effects on interpersonal communication and should be limited and taken much more

Instant gratification has become the social norm in this generation but is diminishing the quality of communication. Cell phones have changed massively in the past few years, making communication weaken each time cell phones are updated. At first, cell phones were just used for calling. Calling was the only operation that they were capable of and most of the time calling was not even convenient on a cell phone. Although the concept of texting has been out for decades, actual texting became available to all society in 1994 (Turrettini). Texting instantly

This generation has become so involved with the technological world that people are lacking qualities needed to become successful without it. “‘We expect more from technology and less from one another,’ this is because we have relied on our technology for so long, that we develop a relationship that causes us to think it will never lead us astray or tell us any wrong.” It’s becoming so common to meet people through our cell phones, that we are slowly losing the ability to meet new people face to face. “The experience of using and analyzing verbal rhetoric that is gained through a face to face conversation or discussion is something that cannot be taught or acquired through technological means of communication” (Dougherty). When communicating through cell phones, the experience of seeing one’s facial expressions is lost. Along with hearing the tone of voice, and the ability to use these clues to help decipher the true meaning. The lack of face to face conversations is causing people to lose the ability to speak in front of others.

Furthermore, texting has reduced the need for actual human contact. The notion to simply type a message, and send it immediately is appealing, and less time consuming, which is why it's exceedingly popular. The reason texting could be disadvantages is a lack of clarity, because you can't convey emotions with typed words, so messages could be misinterpreted. More importantly, texting is also quite damaging to the users eyes, especially after long periods of time. Something to further suppress the need for human contact, would be the creation of computers. Computers have been especially damaging in limiting human contact, especially amongst youth. The original purpose of computers was to be an effective work tool. Nowadays, computers have served the purpose of supplying the user with any information in the world. These sites can range from educational, to controversial. Specifically, sites like YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, have created a fake sense of reality. Youth feel the need to express themselves openly on the Internet, rather than in the company of their friends and family. This could get dangerous, especially on social media. Social media has been the most destructive force in

Texting has revolutionized communication, possibly too much. Because of texting, people spend too much time texting than talking face-to-face. People may possibly be socially impaired or lonely from texting too much. CNN says that people text more than even taking phone calls! In a mobility poll run by TIME, 32% of all that participated said that they would rather text than talk on the phone, possibly even with people they know more than most others. People may become introverted and work badly with others. TIME has reported before that adults are perfectly fine with texting, as their social skills have already developed in their youth, but this is not so with teens. By texting and not talking, people do not develop basic conversation skills,

Technologies in the ways of communications have improved greatly over the last 10 to 15 years. For years, we relied on a land line connection to house, office, stores, and phone booths to communicate with people. The commercial cell phones did not take off until more in the 1990s when people could afford the phones and service. People could communicate without the use of a land line and carry the phones with them. As technology improved, the methods of communication changed. Text messaging became a method of communication to send short messages that does not require calling up and talking to a person for longer period of time. For an example a text message may be something asking about plans for lunch or a parent asking their kid where

ii. However, for many of us, face-to-face communication seems to be a dying art – replaced by text messaging, e-mails, and social media. Human communication and interactions are shaped by available technologies

Modern communication has stepped up its game with the introduction of Instant Messaging services, internet based application and social media. But even with this increase ease of communication Sherry Turkle and Jenna Wortham provide very different two experiences and outlooks towards the increasing benefits and problems associated with the influence of internet and technology on our communication.

What is technology? Is it the tool that propels humanity forward or is technology the cuffs that hold the everyday man from leaving his own comfort. Or is technology more than a tool, more than a mechanical device? Ray Bradbury 's Works are known 4 expanding technology and using speculative fiction to reveal the way technology is consuming the everyday person. but what if Ray Bradbury was never talking about technology and its effect on society with society 's effect on technology? It is assumed by many of his readers that in his work such as Fahrenheit 451 that he is warning Society of the dangers of Technology however it can be argued that the technology demonstrated and his works are not the problem but Society itself and the waves Humanity using these tools . in fact maybe Technology is not even the focal point of his Works may be is the symbol for the community of the characters. Ray Bradbury 's using technology to reflect Humanity in order to give a clearer insight into society 's actions by Demonstrating the Technology 's uses and actions being passive compared to they 're human counterpoints aggressive action thus proving that the humans are seemingly well I 'm on the technology they are in control.

Communication technologies has affected computer programmers in the past because the first programmers were trying to create a program for calculations to more easily do math. The first programmer was Ada King, moreover she wrote the first algorithm to be carried out by a computer from 1842-1843. The first computer was not electric, but all mechanical. Since then computer programmers have been creating many software’s to enhance communications technologies. Around 1889- 1896, Herman Hollerith created the tabular and keypunch system to process information and had also created a control panel that could allow the tabular and keypunch system to preform different tasks. He founded the Tabulating Machine Company in 1896, which later became IBM. Communications technologies was vital during World War II. During the war the first digital and programmable computers were used. They were known as Colossus, and their purpose was to decode encrypted messages from the Germans. In 1947, the first bug in computers was reported by Grace Murray Hopper, it was an actual bug as a moth had flow into the Mark Aiken II Relay Calculator. It had to be “debugged”. By 1949, the Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator was created and was known as the first programmable computer with practical storage. It could calculate lists of prime numbers and tables of squares. In 1954, John Backus created the

Communication and technology have been evolving together throughout the years. Where we had the chance to witness the latest technology developments that resulted in the advancement of the communication on a professional and a personal level. But as technology grows and advances step by step so does its impact on the way individuals and society communicates.

Throughout the recent years, there has been an increase of instant messaging, social media and internet based applications that has impacted our forms of communication. Sherry Turkle and Jenna Wortham give two very different perspectives, about the benefits and disadvantages associated with the influence that technology has had on communication. However, how the Use of Internet and Technologies is Affecting Us? We live in a world where communication and connectivity have assumed paramount importance. Now more than ever, popularity of the Internet, smartphones, and applications – particularly the ones that facilitate face-time chatting and calling between users has escalated enormously. While the advantages of communication apps are numerous, there are loopholes in this practice too. In fact, the authors claim that texting is better because it helps us to express ourselves better, but they don't realize that texting a lot can be harmful to our social skills and communication, also be the cause of family isolate.

Technology is said to be causing us to communicate less with one another. Technology is advancing maybe we just need to advance as well. We are finding alternative ways to communicate more effectively with each other and that we are not just “anti-social screen gazers”. The issue upon us is that people think we are becoming so involved in our technology that it isn’t allowing us to make real deep meaningful friendships with one another.

Digital communication through today’s technology is empowering our society and strengthening human relationships through connecting us in ways that are impossible through organic human to human interaction. This exceptionally innovative technology was once only imaginable in science fiction literature, and is now a reality for most of humanity. We use this form of communication on a daily basis throughout the planet. We rarely stop to think about how wondrous and seemingly magical this advanced technology is, and we seldom ponder on how this new form of communication impacts us as a culture. Advanced digital communication not only enables and emboldens us, but could be potentially harming and hindering us as a culture as well as socially