I am a journalism student at university. I have a passion for gathering information and presenting it to an audience in the forms of published articles and blogs. I love to read and write and basically produce creative work. I have currently started the new communications subject, because I want to understand the cyber world and how it will impact my world in the future.
TUTORIAL DISCUSSION
I believe there is a major issue with humans becoming physically anti-social beings as a result of these new communication technologies. We live in a world where we interact with technology on a daily basis and as we interact more and more often with this technology there is no need to interact with each other face-to-face. This can be detrimental in the communication industry, because we are slowly losing personal connections and becoming new people that live in a cyber life.
Distinguishing between new and old technologies can be complex, however the new millennium has given rise to many new technologies that have modernised the world. Therefore, we could suggest that new technologies are those that we use in the present and the old are those that sparked the technologies we have today. On that note, when these 'new technologies' become outdated or useless to the next generation they will become the technologies of the past, and symbols of communication history.
Personally, my favourite technology is my iPhone. I have loved having a phone since the day I got my first in 2007, on my 12th birthday. I have updated to an iPhone and it does everything for me. I have so much new technology that I have forgotten the old devices I used to love. I think the only analog technology I have now would be my watch, it is the only non-digital electronic device in my life.
READINGS COMMENTS
Firstly, there has been a revolution in technology since the first computer was invented. As a result of this new methods of communication have been developed using these new technologies. First of all, we were originally able to communicate via home phones and through emails on bulky computers with external hard drives attached to them. However, now we live in a world where computers are in our hands, in the form of an iPhone. Now we can call, text, email and even tweet using a device that is the size of a hand. New developments in technology have created the new-age world we live in today.
On the other hand, there is a belief that new technologies are sometimes floored in comparison to the old technologies. For example, when comparing digital and analog technologies there are both benefits and disadvantages to each technology. Since the switch from analog television to digital television there has been a growing popularity for digital technology. Although, analog technology is not outdated when it comes to playing vinyl records and getting reception with radio stations. Overall, digital technologies may be a large part of technology for the future, but analog technologies still remain relevant today.
REFERENCE LIST
Analog vs. Digital n.d., viewed 26 July 2013, <www.diffen.com/difference/Analog_vs_Digital>
Stockwell, S 2013, '1501HUM New Communication Technologies Week 1 Lecture: Introduction', Retrieved from Griffith University, School of Humanities, Learning@Griffith Website: <www.griffith.edu.au>
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