How Technology Has Changed Literature And The World

Birkerts provides three effects that will occur as a result of moving away from the printed word to the electronic media. The first effect is the language erosion. He explains the reader that transition from books will lead to the “complexity and distinctiveness of verbal and written communication, which are deeply bound to transaction of print literacy, will gradually be replaced by a more telegraphic sort of plainspeak” (9). In the future our language will start to become more simple and dumb. Whereas, by reading books and printed materials people are able to dig more depth and understand and imagine the contents. But, soon this will start to disappear as people will no longer be able to understand the complex language of the literature and intelligence level of people will start to decrease. The second effect of electronic media is the flattening of historical perspectives. This means that due to the electronic media the history will start to recede because the “printed page itself is a link” and when this link is broken the past will gradually diminish (10). Birkerts explains the audience that the past is best represented in the books and libraries. Therefore, moving away from the printed word means moving away from the past and its history. The last effect is the waning of the private self. Birkerts worries that in the future people will forget how to live because of the electronic

Books are neither banned nor burned, and technology provides information at the touch of a finger. However, that does not necessarily mean that information is accurate, or that the lessening popularity of physical books will not lead to a lessening popularity of intellect. In some ways, Bradbury was completely right: technology can be isolating and terribly lonely, just like the Seashells. Still, books are constantly being published and firefighters continue to put out fires, not start them. Bradbury's novel provides warning of potential things to come, but hopefully these plagues will not completely wipe out society's thirst for

In this society that is gradually becoming increasingly dependent on technology, will literature slowly disappear from the minds of the population? This is the question that Ray Bradbury’s novel, Fahrenheit 451, attempts to answer. In this book, he describes a hypothetical world in which the population not only avoids reading, but has made owning books an unthinkable crime, with all books discovered burned, along with the houses of those who hoarded them. In this dystopian future created by Bradbury, the beauty that is literature has been replaced in society by television programs and radio stations. This reveals Bradbury’s obvious fear that modern technology would completely replace books- a legitimate concern to have. In 2015, the value of books differ between groups of people. The disadvantage of this is that books provide the readers opportunity to allow their imaginations to run wild, something that television and radio never could. Fahrenheit 451 addresses the problem and fear of overwhelming technology through its fictional world, which shows what would happen should people render literature completely useless through the use of television and radios.

In the article, Our Semi-Literate Youth? Not so Fast written by Andrea A. Lunsford, Lunsford tells about how youth today are perceived to be less intelligent and too dependant upon technology. She goes on to show that she doesn’t agree with that assumption, she states that she has been working with college writes for over thirty years and has conducted studies showing the opposite. Lunsford thinks that with the advances in technology students are actually gaining more of a range of writing technique and greater adaptability to the changing audiences that students encounter. Through the exposure to different social medias and excess to people across the world, students have become more well rounded writers and show no decrease from the writing

Having an environment that is advancing daily in technology makes communication everyday easier for people. It expanse the availability for communication for the people who are in different countries, gives them the ability to communicate in the comfort of their own home. For an instant, my mother lives here in the United States, but her family lives in Mexico, therefore, communicating face-to-face is inconvenient for them unless she flies to them. Technology has made my mother connect more with her family due to appreciating every moment

The written communication form has changed and developed over a long stretch of time. Man has always been in the business of changing things no matter how good it might be working just to see if they can make it better not only for themselves but for the whole world. In an essay by Christine Rosen titled “In the Beginning Was the Word”, she states “The book, like the wheel , is merely a technology, these enthusiasts argue, and thus we should welcome improvements to it, even if those improvements eventually lead to the book’s obsolescence (205). Like the wheel the book is open to changes until the end of time. There is no limit on how many times or how many ways that it can be changed because with man’s imagination there is no restriction on what he can do with anything in this

People claim that new developments have caused kids to be so dependent on their devices, that they can't think for themselves. This claim can also be turned around by saying that technology has given kids more opportunities and chances to learn, and in particular, more opportunities to write (Source 7, Clive Thompson). An example of this is a study done at Stanford University, where it was discovered that Stanford students did a stunning 38 percent of their writing outside of the classroom (Source 7, Clive Thompson). With the developments of E-mail, texting, and social media such as Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, younger people are constantly writing in their every day lives. In the past, people would, for the most part, stop writing once the finishes their education. Now however, people are more comfortable, and more used to, writing. And while the argument that technology has decreased level of the vocabulary and vernacular of young people is true in some cases, the increase in writing shown by young people has led to a greater ability to convey information to other people, and a greater comfort in talking to people they don't know (Source 7, Clive Thompson). As Andrea Lunsford says, "I think we're in the midst of a literacy revolution the likes of which we haven't seen since Greek Civilization" (Source 7, Clive

When looking through the years technology has benefitted society countless of ways. An example from the book would be the “seashells” that they have to put in their ears, which are basically bluetooth headsets that we have today. “And in her ears the little Seashells, the thimble radios tamped tight” (pg 10). This quote shows how the radio works and it’s helpful because being able to be hands free gives you the opportunity to do other things as well, and being able to multi-task. Looking at today's society there are countless benefits from technology some including medical advancements, research, and time management. A large one would be communication in the article it says; “Social media, texting, and long-distance phone calls has allowed us to contact with others from however far away we are from each other.

In many places of the book technology is being used. Even though we may not have a toaster that pops out our toast and butters it for us, or a four wall television, many of the technology from the book connects to our society today. For example as Ray Bradbury writes, “Mildred driving a hundred miles an hour across town…(pg 43)” our speed limit may not be as fast but compared to back then it has gotten higher . Cars today can get to places quicker than they could have back then just like in the novel. It was also normal for everyone to drive fast that all they could see was blurs and by traveling forty miles an hour would get you arrested. Another example for the advancement of technology is the Television, as Montag says, “The televisor is 'real.' It is immediate, it has dimension. It tells you what to think and blasts it in (pg 80)”. Our television today may not be as high tech but they both have impacts on how

Imagine living in a world where books are looked upon as evil. Well, Ray Bradbury wrote a novel on a dystopian world in which firemen would burn any books they see including the house. The reason Bradbury did this is to illustrate his beliefs that mankind was forgetting about books and moving to the next generation. In the 1950s new colored televisions became the new sensation for the world and everybody was watching movies and TV shows instead of reading books. In fact many people even started to hate them. Another thing that was big for the new generation was the Korean War. The Korean War had the world in constant fear of nuclear weapons. The medical field developed quickly and efficiently which led to the first organ transplant and exceptional

Writing has changed in quite a few ways in the last couple of decades. Shakespeare writing is different than something ten years ago, just as something ten years ago is different than something current. The population adapts to the changes that occur within various aspects of society. But, this is because we are always creating new and unique ways to better the world we live in. Facebook and texting are two tools that changed the way we communicate, as well as, the way we write.

Bradbury writes about how technology has taken over the mind of the people, which has caused them to abandon knowledge of books. Montag is quoted as saying, “Nobody listens to me anymore. I can't talk to the walls because they're yelling at me. I can't talk to my wife; she listens to the walls.” (-page 125) This shows the ignorance of the people due to the lack of books, or knowledge. The invasion of technology, along with not wanting to be offended by writing has caused people to stop caring about saving books. Another negative effect is that people have lost their connections to each other. It’s a destructive chain reaction.

Now days with the rise of digital technology many physical items such as pen and paper are slowly being replaced by computers and smart phones. But is this really a good thing? I read books and of course so do many other people in this class and around the globe. But since the creation of ‘e-readers’ more and more people have been converting to the technology based side of reading. Although technology is slowly becoming more predominant in this era we should not rely on it to always entertain and keep us occupied.

Technology has revolutionized communication and the world like nothing before. The Internet has given the world a freedom never explored in the past. The Internet has broken communication barriers to an extreme level. Now day’s two people from two different countries can talk or chat without interactions. Internet has given people the ability to connect forever through social networking. Some of the biggest world social networking services are Facebook and Twitter. Through technology communication is made much easier, but the communication with the people that are right next to us might be getting weak. Technology has its positive and negative impacts on society. It could keep us informed, but it could also affect anyone’s communication life. Even though it’s an easy communication barrier it’s being over used by society every day. The Internet has charge everyone and everything over the years, it has giving us the ability to be informed on a much deeper level. Families are losing their communication, but not just because of technology. Not everything is positive when it’s about technology. It could help us connect no matter the distance, but we could lose communication and relationships. The world has not yet notice that losing important face to face communication because of technology it’s important.

How has writing and the way we read changed in the last fifty years? Technology, reading, and writing has changed greatly over the last five decades, but how much has it affected our culture? Technology has become our culture, we are cyber culture. We need everything as fast as we can get it, somehow we’ve lost the time through the years to read and write as we once did.