The subject of technology within the airport seemed very interesting to me and affects a large amount of people as the idea of travel is so popular among people in the US. When looking at the technology needed and used to run an airport, it's unbelievable.
Think about having the ability to know where each and every plane is in the sky at all times. To have on a computer screen, the ability to see every plane that is currently airborne... Think of the responsibility... I just find it interesting how we so willingly get on a plane and get lifted up thousands of feet without too much hesitation... but why should we hesitate when we have the kind of communication technology available that we do.
Again, I look at the umbrella perspective:
Here we notice the hardware-the communication technology itself, being the computers and radars used to detect the airplanes' locations. Then the software-messages/content of the communication technology, being whatever is being discussed... in this case tower-to-plane communication and vice versa. Also, the organizational infrastructure, being those involved... and in this case anybody aboard a plane or within the airports. This can be considered with the enabling factor, which is the computer technology and radar scanner used that make this application of communication technology possible.
I am going on a trip over January for an entire month to Amsterdam and will be getting on a plane for over 10 hours. I wont give the plane-ride too much thought with the technology aspect, but I will know that there is a lot of technology carefully looking out for the safety of the plane I am on... pretty interesting...
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
#12) Advancements in broadcasting
When I think about broadcasting and advancements with television, i think about the ability to communicate with so many people at one time. I think, technologically speaking, we have come a long way with the development of television broadcasting.
I want to discuss how far we have come with the idea of notifying people of emergencies such as weather emergencies... So many times, I have been looking and talking about communication in negative ways, just because with this class we are trying to fully understand the negative and positive issues of communication technology. But on the positive side, the ability to warn people of certain emergencies and issues with the use of television and the internet have been a very helpful invention. So many horrible things could have happened in certain situations if we didn't have the ability to inform others and ourselves with the click of a few buttons.
We constantly surround ourselves with the news with the uses of television, internet, magazine articles, etc. I look at all this from the umbrella perspective. Here we notice the hardware-the communication technology itself, being those examples I just gave. Then the software-messages/content of the communication technology, being whatever is being discussed... in this case weather emergencies. Also, the organizational infrastructure, being those involved... and in this case anybody in the area of the storm. All this can be considered with the enabling factor, which is the internet, television, and printing abilities that make this application of communication technology possible.
I just thought that this was a subject that was interesting to look into and discuss as it greatly has and will continue to affect us every single day. It will just be interesting to see how it continues to change as communication technology becomes more advanced...
I want to discuss how far we have come with the idea of notifying people of emergencies such as weather emergencies... So many times, I have been looking and talking about communication in negative ways, just because with this class we are trying to fully understand the negative and positive issues of communication technology. But on the positive side, the ability to warn people of certain emergencies and issues with the use of television and the internet have been a very helpful invention. So many horrible things could have happened in certain situations if we didn't have the ability to inform others and ourselves with the click of a few buttons.
We constantly surround ourselves with the news with the uses of television, internet, magazine articles, etc. I look at all this from the umbrella perspective. Here we notice the hardware-the communication technology itself, being those examples I just gave. Then the software-messages/content of the communication technology, being whatever is being discussed... in this case weather emergencies. Also, the organizational infrastructure, being those involved... and in this case anybody in the area of the storm. All this can be considered with the enabling factor, which is the internet, television, and printing abilities that make this application of communication technology possible.
I just thought that this was a subject that was interesting to look into and discuss as it greatly has and will continue to affect us every single day. It will just be interesting to see how it continues to change as communication technology becomes more advanced...
#11) Online Churches....?
As of late, I have been reading more into the idea of an online church and the idea of having an online Christian community... if there is such a thing.
This website has "over 365 billion possibilities...what will God send you." The site will randomly send you a sermon to listen to, as well as you having the ability invite-a-friend, tithe, send prayer requests, receive a special salvation message, and many other things.
With sites like this one, all I feel like we are doing, is sending people away from Christianity and the understanding of what it means to be a Christian and a faithful follower of Jesus Christ. In my opinion, the only positive thing that can come out of an online "community" is itself a place where people can go online and discuss issues when they are not able to meet in person. I would then consider that a community but only if that community has some person-to-person contact within a period of time.
I look at this with a perspective of Jacques Ellul. Ellul talks about how he values the spoken word over the written one. The online church, otherwise seen as the image, "can be accurate or inaccurate but not true or false. Only words can be true or false. ...We run into trouble when we confuse image with truth." He goes on to talk about how the word instructs us about the image.
I just feel that in situations like this, where we are saying that it is okay to only attend an online church and skip the whole meaning of community, then we are sending incorrect messages as Christians. Community needs to be understood as a gathering where two or more people meet in person to discuss with one another. And as a church, as a body of Christ, we need to draw people into the church so that they can be warmly welcomed into a community of believers.
Ellul asks us a couple of question:
1. As media becomes more image oriented will it separate us further from truth, if so, what are the implications?
This website
With sites like this one, all I feel like we are doing, is sending people away from Christianity and the understanding of what it means to be a Christian and a faithful follower of Jesus Christ. In my opinion, the only positive thing that can come out of an online "community" is itself a place where people can go online and discuss issues when they are not able to meet in person. I would then consider that a community but only if that community has some person-to-person contact within a period of time.
I look at this with a perspective of Jacques Ellul. Ellul talks about how he values the spoken word over the written one. The online church, otherwise seen as the image, "can be accurate or inaccurate but not true or false. Only words can be true or false. ...We run into trouble when we confuse image with truth." He goes on to talk about how the word instructs us about the image.
1. As media becomes more image oriented will it separate us further from truth, if so, what are the implications?
2. What challenges does this present to us as Christians if seeing is believing becomes the norm?
I think this very important to think about to ourselves with media and the online church and what all the implications and challenges might be... especially as new communication technologies continue to become more advanced. Just something to think about...Thursday, November 15, 2007
#10) Why would future generations ever have to leave their home?
We have done such a great job creating so many new communication technologies, that we have created a world for the future that allows people to live their life online and away from the world. Email, Facebook, Ebay, Google, Online food services, Online stores/restaurants, online businesses, games like second life. We have created this culture that tells the rest of the world to stay in the comfortable safety of your home and we'll bring everything to you. Don't come out into the world, we'll bring the world to you.
We are setting ourselves up for failure. What is face-to-face communication? Pretty soon that will be the least efficient and most uncommon way of communicating with other people.
George Simmel discusses social distance and the idea of these new communication technologies having the ability to discourage the way we communicate. We are moving away from a world of communication with other people and into a world of complete online messaging.
These technologies are moving so rapidly. Why? Because there is a direct relationship between new communication technologies and the pace of life. Fast, fast, fast. As well as there being a direct relationship between new communication technologies convenience. Now, now, now. In our society, we live without the principle of patience. We live for ourselves and only ourselves. We are selfish, arrogant, and egotistical people who are falling farther away from the truth. We can't hear God's voice like we use to. It's not because He's not there, but it's because we're not listening.
Throw away these technologies.
Open your eyes, open your ears, open your heart.
God's watching. God's listening. God's knocking.
Not when things slow down, not later... but now! What are we waiting for?
We are setting ourselves up for failure. What is face-to-face communication? Pretty soon that will be the least efficient and most uncommon way of communicating with other people.
George Simmel discusses social distance and the idea of these new communication technologies having the ability to discourage the way we communicate. We are moving away from a world of communication with other people and into a world of complete online messaging.
These technologies are moving so rapidly. Why? Because there is a direct relationship between new communication technologies and the pace of life. Fast, fast, fast. As well as there being a direct relationship between new communication technologies convenience. Now, now, now. In our society, we live without the principle of patience. We live for ourselves and only ourselves. We are selfish, arrogant, and egotistical people who are falling farther away from the truth. We can't hear God's voice like we use to. It's not because He's not there, but it's because we're not listening.
Throw away these technologies.
Open your eyes, open your ears, open your heart.
God's watching. God's listening. God's knocking.
Not when things slow down, not later... but now! What are we waiting for?
#9) Internet, a bad thing ...a good thing ...or a great thing?
How can one call an idea like the internet a bad thing? But how can someone call an idea that enables people of all ages to receive pornography within seconds a good thing or even a great thing? What about illegal file sharing/downloading? How affective and efficient is the email system and what would the world be like without it after my generation has known nothing but an age of its existence? Could businesses function now days without the idea of websites and online advertising? Would some, like the music industry, want to? There are so many questions that attack one another on both sides of the spectrum. The internet is a bad thing, a good thing, and a great thing all at once.
1. What is the problem to which this technology is the solution?
2. Which people and what institutions might be most seriously harmed by a technological solution?
3. What new problems might be created because we have solved this problem?
4. What sort of people and institutions might acquire special economic and political power because of technological change?
Neil Postman asks these questions in order to get us to think.
To think if we really need these new communication technologies like the internet.
To have the ability to fight the bad, and find the good.
To help people, in my opinion, succeed in a world that has been devoured by technology, without the use of technology.
To live truthfully and in a way that God wants us to.
The internet has too many bad things, good things, and great things about it that would take me forever to tell and I still wouldn't get them all. It's just important that you use the internet and other communication technologies only in ways that would be pleasing to God and that you know when to stay away from the bad.
The internet.... it's about personal judgment. And with good personal judgment, the internet is a great thing.
1. What is the problem to which this technology is the solution?
2. Which people and what institutions might be most seriously harmed by a technological solution?
3. What new problems might be created because we have solved this problem?
4. What sort of people and institutions might acquire special economic and political power because of technological change?
Neil Postman asks these questions in order to get us to think.
To think if we really need these new communication technologies like the internet.
To have the ability to fight the bad, and find the good.
To help people, in my opinion, succeed in a world that has been devoured by technology, without the use of technology.
To live truthfully and in a way that God wants us to.
The internet has too many bad things, good things, and great things about it that would take me forever to tell and I still wouldn't get them all. It's just important that you use the internet and other communication technologies only in ways that would be pleasing to God and that you know when to stay away from the bad.
The internet.... it's about personal judgment. And with good personal judgment, the internet is a great thing.
#8) Video Game Technology
Video game technology has changed greatly since the beginning where the atari was introduced in 1972 until today with the invention of the playstation 3 which has high definition and blue-ray capabilities. But not everyone is ready to dig deep into this idea of blueray just yet. This really goes along with Roger's diffusion theory as we will be able to see in the near future who will be within the early majority, late majority, and who will continue to be resistant to change as laggards.
Video games have always been popular and coninue to be to this day because of the new communication technologies that are becoming more popular in demand, i.e: high definition. We also look at the invention of the Nintendo Wii and its new and different capabilities which has greatly changed the virtual entertainment world. The new wii controllers are motion-censored and can relay the motions you make with the controller onto the game screen, allowing for more physical gameplay. However, there are definitely pros and cons to this...
What are the pros? Well, many doctors see this as good therapy as it is getting teenagers of their butts and moving while playing the video games that are consuming these kids social lives. Instead of people staying seated in one position, the wii gives a new meaning to the words, interactive gaming.
You mean there are cons? Yes, as hard to believe with these incredibly new communication technological capabilities, we do recognize some issues that may occur from such a game type. With new war, violent, and shooting games being created for the wii, kids are now creating killing motions such as moving the gun towards someone's head and firing, or taking a sword and cutting someone to their death.
These new game systems are catching the eye of gamers all over the world, however, because of their unique abilities and graphics. We have come along way from the atari to the nintendo entertainment system until today with the Playstation 3, Xbox360, and the nintendo wii.
It's hard to know what to think myself, since I have played and continue to play video games my entire life. It does get my thinking though, when I look at Sochay's immuatble laws and see the inverse relationship between these new communication technologies and the ability to hear God's voice. After playing a video game for quite sometime, it gets me thinking what I could have done better with my time or how much I could have read in the bible during that time. It's scary to see how these new technologies have the ability to take over our spiritual lives.
It will be very interesting to see how video gaming will affect the future for our generation and future generations. Are these new communication technologies a good thing or a bad thing?
Video games have always been popular and coninue to be to this day because of the new communication technologies that are becoming more popular in demand, i.e: high definition. We also look at the invention of the Nintendo Wii and its new and different capabilities which has greatly changed the virtual entertainment world. The new wii controllers are motion-censored and can relay the motions you make with the controller onto the game screen, allowing for more physical gameplay. However, there are definitely pros and cons to this...
What are the pros? Well, many doctors see this as good therapy as it is getting teenagers of their butts and moving while playing the video games that are consuming these kids social lives. Instead of people staying seated in one position, the wii gives a new meaning to the words, interactive gaming.
You mean there are cons? Yes, as hard to believe with these incredibly new communication technological capabilities, we do recognize some issues that may occur from such a game type. With new war, violent, and shooting games being created for the wii, kids are now creating killing motions such as moving the gun towards someone's head and firing, or taking a sword and cutting someone to their death.
These new game systems are catching the eye of gamers all over the world, however, because of their unique abilities and graphics. We have come along way from the atari to the nintendo entertainment system until today with the Playstation 3, Xbox360, and the nintendo wii.
It's hard to know what to think myself, since I have played and continue to play video games my entire life. It does get my thinking though, when I look at Sochay's immuatble laws and see the inverse relationship between these new communication technologies and the ability to hear God's voice. After playing a video game for quite sometime, it gets me thinking what I could have done better with my time or how much I could have read in the bible during that time. It's scary to see how these new technologies have the ability to take over our spiritual lives.
It will be very interesting to see how video gaming will affect the future for our generation and future generations. Are these new communication technologies a good thing or a bad thing?
Friday, October 26, 2007
#7) What's the news?
What is the news? I guess this is directed towards the youth in this world... Do you read the newspaper? Do you sit up at night with your parents and watch Dave Dahl or whoever the heck is talking about weather?... Do you really care? well, no.
I don't see why we would... but we should. I can't tell you the last time I sat down to read the paper or turned on the television and watched an entire news episode. Why?... because it's so boring. As young adults, we want action, we don't want stock information. Why watch ch.5 news when we can watch ESPN football games or TNT's movie of the night... What does the newspaper have to do with us and our own selfish desires? We don't care about the world do we? We don't want to know about the war efforts where men and women are giving their lives for us while we sit around watching football because we have the freedom to do so.
So, why is this? Well, it has to do with how society gives the news in a way that only attracts one generation. There needs to be a way to get the news across to all ages in ways that peak their interests the way that sports do, the way that t.v. shows do. There is so much variety with t.v shows that allow for many people to watch whatever they want. Talk shows are great because they are comical yet somewhat informative... but they never really cover serious issues. What if the news could reach out to multiple generations with a sense of comedy and relief? Why does the news always have to be so negative and full of bad news.
Nevertheless, it's important that we as part of a younger generation try to fill ourselves with as much worldly news as possible. It is very helpful for everyone if you know what is happening in the very state you reside, the very nation, the very continent, the world as we know it. Fill yourself with knowledge of you surroundings so that you don't only turn to news when terrorism attacks or tragedy strikes... what hypocrites are we if we have the nerve to say how sorry we are for victims in a war we know nothing about...
Read. Watch. Learn. Be a part of the world.
I don't see why we would... but we should. I can't tell you the last time I sat down to read the paper or turned on the television and watched an entire news episode. Why?... because it's so boring. As young adults, we want action, we don't want stock information. Why watch ch.5 news when we can watch ESPN football games or TNT's movie of the night... What does the newspaper have to do with us and our own selfish desires? We don't care about the world do we? We don't want to know about the war efforts where men and women are giving their lives for us while we sit around watching football because we have the freedom to do so.
So, why is this? Well, it has to do with how society gives the news in a way that only attracts one generation. There needs to be a way to get the news across to all ages in ways that peak their interests the way that sports do, the way that t.v. shows do. There is so much variety with t.v shows that allow for many people to watch whatever they want. Talk shows are great because they are comical yet somewhat informative... but they never really cover serious issues. What if the news could reach out to multiple generations with a sense of comedy and relief? Why does the news always have to be so negative and full of bad news.
Nevertheless, it's important that we as part of a younger generation try to fill ourselves with as much worldly news as possible. It is very helpful for everyone if you know what is happening in the very state you reside, the very nation, the very continent, the world as we know it. Fill yourself with knowledge of you surroundings so that you don't only turn to news when terrorism attacks or tragedy strikes... what hypocrites are we if we have the nerve to say how sorry we are for victims in a war we know nothing about...
Read. Watch. Learn. Be a part of the world.
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