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Communication Studies - : Highlight Advantages and Disadvantages

This document discusses the factors that impact the need for change in communication as it relates to technology and examines the changes that have occurred from smoke signals to present communication mediums. It highlights the advantages and disadvantages of technological changes to communication channels and mediums over time. Specifically, it outlines how communication speed, loss of privacy, constant disruption, the lost art of conversation, and potential for misunderstanding have been impacted by technological changes. It provides examples of historical communication methods like carrier pigeons, landlines, dial-up internet, SMS, and the creation and growth of Facebook.

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Communication Studies - : Highlight Advantages and Disadvantages

This document discusses the factors that impact the need for change in communication as it relates to technology and examines the changes that have occurred from smoke signals to present communication mediums. It highlights the advantages and disadvantages of technological changes to communication channels and mediums over time. Specifically, it outlines how communication speed, loss of privacy, constant disruption, the lost art of conversation, and potential for misunderstanding have been impacted by technological changes. It provides examples of historical communication methods like carrier pigeons, landlines, dial-up internet, SMS, and the creation and growth of Facebook.

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-------Communication Studies-----

September 30, 2019

COMMUNICATION AND TECHNOLOGY


IDENTIFY THE FACTORS WHICH IMPACTS THE NEED FOR CHANGE IN
COMMUNICATION AS IT RELATES TO TECHNOLOGY. EXAMINE THE CHANGESWHICH
HAVE OCCURRED SINCE SMOKE SIGNALS TO PRESENT. [AS IT RELATES TO
CHANNELS/ MEDIUMS]. HIGHLIGHT ADVANTAGES AND
DISADVANTAGES.
Speed-Phones with number keypads had multiple letters assigned to a number in which
individuals had to go through all the letters before to get a desired letter, so abbreviations
were used.

Loss of Privacy-
Constant Disruption-Technology allows us to always be reachable if we want to be, no matter
where we are or what we're doing. Although this can be beneficial, it may also lead to a
vicious cycle of stress and anxiety in which people feel pressured to immediately check and
answer any incoming messages, emails or phone calls regardless of whether it is appropriate,
for fear of being seen as inadequate or inattentive.
The Lost Art of Conversation-Technology such as text messages and email allows us to
communicate in short, carefully-edited sentences that lack immediacy and completely remove
the contextual information provided by tone of voice and body language. As a result, people
who connect with others primarily through technology might find it difficult to engage in
normal conversation, since they may have issues understanding non-verbal cues due to lack
of practice with face-to-face interaction that can't be paused, edited or filtered.
Potential for Misunderstanding-When you communicate using your computer, cell phone or
other gadget, you lose the meaningb provided by body language and voice inflection. While
you can always end a jovial text with a winky face or type in all caps to show the gravity of
your message, there is still the chance that your words may be misconstrued.
B) Carrier Pigeon: In the 12th century AD Sultan Nur-ed-din built pigeon lofts and
dovecotes in Cairo and Damascus, where pigeons were used to carry messages from
Egypt to cities as far away as Baghdad in modern day Iraq. This extensive
communication system, which used pigeons to link cities hundreds of kilometers apart, is
recognised as the first organised pigeon messaging service of it’s kind.
In 1844, Samuel Morse sent his first telegraph message, from Washington D.C. to
Baltimore Maryland. While the 21st Century saw the death of the telegraph, there’s no
doubt it laid the groundwork for the communications revolution that led to the telephone,
fax machine and Internet. Cheers, Morse!
Landlines: Before the cellular phone, there existed these things called landlines. Most
households had one from the 1950’s onwards, and only one person could make a call at
a time. Ah, ‘twas a time of untraceable prank calls and hilarious family answering
machine greetings. A time when your privacy was dependent on how long your home-
phone cord was, and when the cost of calling a mobile phone was astronomical (forcing
you to hide out from your parents when the monthly bill came in the mail.)
Dial Up Internet: The archaic way to connect to the wide world web – a time before Wi-
Fi when your mum picking up the phone meant that your LimeWire single-song
download would be delayed for another whole day, your Neopets abandoned and your
msn conversations with your BFF’s cut short. Social suicide.

SMS: The first text message ever sent was in 1992. It simply read ‘Merry Christmas’ and
was sent to the CEO of Vodafone. Now over 8.6 trillion are sent each year. OMG :O thts
so0o many!!!

Facebook: R.I.P Tom from MySpace. The social networking site Facebook was
invented by Mark Zuckerberg in 2004 and was originally purposed to connect Harvard
students with one another. Now, it boasts 1.23 billion users monthly (or 1/6th of the
worlds population). Those users have made 201.6 billion friend connections and have
clicked the 'like button' 3.4 trillion times.

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