Technology, It’s More Than Just A Communication Device
Communication is an essential part of life. It’s the exchange of information and feeling or ideas, which allow the majority of people to get the news of all sides. In addition, individuals use communication every day to let people know what they are doing, thinking or even feeling in which people receive that through by voice, chat or picture. The use of technology can be a great help to people in communicating, reducing the time it takes. Technology can also have consequences of reducing person-to-person interaction without a device as an intermediary. Moreover, communication technologies have made it simple to communicate to friends on the other side of the world by calling them using cell phones, e-mailing them and writing on their web pages such as Facebook, Twitter and Messenger.
People are more likely to pull out their phone and start texting while sitting at the dinner table for dinner or while having a conversation in person. Jonathan Franzen wrote. “Walking up Third Avenue on a Saturday night, I feel bereft. All around me, attractive young people are hunched over their StarTacs and Nokias with preoccupied expressions, as if probing a sore tooth . . . All I really want from a sidewalk is that people see me and let themselves be seen . . .” (Crawford 41). This statement is very relatable because nowadays most of society is walking down the sidewalk with their faces in their phones and paying no attention to the world around them.
Keeping in touch with friends has been easier today than it has ever been before. Or more than a century now, technological advances has brought the world closer, making communication across long distances easier. Telegrams are faster than letters; phone calls in turn, are faster than telegrams, as well as easier and more pleasant, since they require no go-between and allow users to hear each other’s voice. Cell phones take this one step further, allowing people to call and speak with each other regardless of their location. Online communication of all types is the most efficient yet, with email being a near-instantaneous version of the paper letter; webcams, paired with communication programs such as Skype, Facetime, or Google video chat, make it possible to see the person speaking rather than just hearing their voice.
The same technological advances that have simplified and improved personal communication have also had the same beneficial effects on the business. Communication between colleagues is near-instantaneous whether they are a few rooms or a few countries apart; video conferencing allows companies to have workers scattered around the globe but still hold efficient meetings and discussions. Business networking is made easier by social media and online networking designed specifically for that purpose, such as LinkedIn. Perhaps most importantly, companies can expand past there local market and gain a wider customer base simply by maintaining an act...
