Sunday, April 26, 2009

Topic Eight: The Beauty of Technology

It's typical for a new technology to be adapted within a culture and used to support existing patterns of behavior. With your own relevant examples, answer these questions:


Critical Reflection One
1) What kind of culture influences through technology you can see from today's world?

One example of the technology that influences the culture today is the handphone. As we realized or not, handphones have been used, improved and applied within these years. The are purposes of improving and upgrading the technology of handphones. This is because there are a high volume of demand for handphones usage. That have proven that handphones have influenced the culture today. For example, few decades back handphones are only being used by adults and working people. This is because handphones are expensive and not affordable by everyone those years. But now, handphones are practical to be owned as young as pre-schoolers. For instance, parents provide a handphone to their children for the purpose of safety as the world outside now is not that safe. Besides that, handphones are a symbol of communication with people from all over the world that result to better relationship and coporate relations too. Thus, handphones eventually enhance productivoty and effectiveness. Not to mention the 3G techonolgy now is compatible almost majority of the countries over the world to access to the internet, make video calls and also show the map to your home!

Critical Reflection Two
2) Is there a possibility to reshape the (new) culture today via new techonology, How?

The new techonology that I always dream of is to do all my shopping online! Let's imagine how things are if shopping malls are shrinked into the internet and it is easy as just clicking clicking and clicking. First of all, I think online shopping can create a safer society environment because there are too many roberries around now. Thus, no one needs to hold a bunch of RM50 notes to shopping malls that could increase the possibility of getting robed. Secondly, online shopping only requires the cost of purchasing the item and shipping fee. The rest is not needed. For example, we do not have to worry the traffic jams everytime we want to go shopping with our family or friends. We also do not have to worry about petrol consumption everytime we are going out. Thirdly, as for teenagers online shopping is very convinient because there are no worries about getting nagged by their parents. Lastly, when you purchase online they will post your items to your doorstep anywhere in the world.

Personal Reflection on Media Culture Class
Its the second llast lecture of this subject! I'm revealed though but next up is to worry about the final exams. There are a lot to read up. I hope I can manage to memorize everything before the finals. However, it is finally official that I have completed all tasks and assignments given for this subject. Towards the end of the semester, there are so many things that need to be completed and the worst part is I totally forgotten about this final blog assignment. I just remembered about it the last half an hour. I should have done it earlier and do the best for this topic because it is easy! Such a waste that I could not be able to make further research. I really hope it is enough!



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