tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8441758389977123332.post8707401856665462562..comments2023-06-17T07:51:21.039-06:00Comments on Critical Communication Re-Imagined: Integration of Technology Disintegrates SocietyGideon Burtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08282494104976426309noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8441758389977123332.post-86453712746184255592016-06-15T11:51:57.905-06:002016-06-15T11:51:57.905-06:00I really like how you guys consider the consequenc...I really like how you guys consider the consequences of behaviors and changes due to technological "advances". You should consider reading Culture and Technology by Jennifer Daryl Slack and J. Macgregor Wise. In it they discuss the assumptions passed down to us by our cultural heritage and the consequences on how we view technology and its use. A lot of what you guys have to say is a reactionary response to a perceived degradation of society in general, and some of the common reactionary responses (such as Luddism and the "Appropriate Technology" movement) are discussed in that book. The main point of the book is that we need to analyze the consequences of technology with better perspective, which could add a lot to your ideas. There's a lot of good that comes from technological advancement, but there's a lot of bad that can come from it's misuse.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02782933466644954817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8441758389977123332.post-59011862046966293062016-06-15T11:51:29.851-06:002016-06-15T11:51:29.851-06:00Hmm. Individualist analysis incoming. The claims h...Hmm. Individualist analysis incoming. The claims here seem to assume certain cookie-cutter human values. As a counterpoint, Thoreau is a well-known Romantic transcendentalist from around the Industrial Revolution. He wanted a full experience out of life, valuing what he called being fully awake or aware, and also sought wholesome religious experience.<br /><br />It wasn’t the problems of media/information that influenced his famous period of isolation so much as the attitudes of productivity-focused people, whether or not they thought their lives were meaningful or happy. His connections weren’t to people at all but Nature, and indeed valued the subjective over people’s industrial-era industriousness, almost the opposite of the approach one may use to argue against time-wasting and towards a different stereotype of meaningful technology-averse relationships. To some people like him, religion is also experienced through the senses, or even not through technology at all, nor is the political necessarily confused with the spiritual just because it drowns it out in the news.Joshua Olsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11861529836159362837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8441758389977123332.post-9974067408253037762016-06-15T11:51:19.177-06:002016-06-15T11:51:19.177-06:00Many in the group have argued that technology is c...Many in the group have argued that technology is changing relationships, specifically within families and in face-to-face interactions. These studies I found through Youtube highlight how technology is actually changing the wiring in our brain. <br />The first one (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HffWFd_6bJ0 ) refers to studies such as a new syndrome called “phantom vibrate syndrome” where if someone regularly attached to their phone leaves it somewhere, they simulate feeling a vibrate, even though there is no phone there. Another element they highlighted was in face-to-face conversations 30-40% is usually dedicated to communicating your own experiences. But in online communication 80% is dedicated to one self, increasing the amount of dopamine released in the body, giving a sense of satisfaction. <br />However, the other study I found (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d81w1RnghEM) highlighted what I found to be more positive findings such as the online version of the midas touch, where a vibrate can increase generosity much like a gentle touch in real life. Also, that having a large group of Facebook friends translated generally into having more friends in real life, and that these subjects had denser gray matter in their brains dealing with social interactions. Meaning our behavior online was reflected in our brains physical structure. <br />I agree that technology indeed is reforming interactions, but I don't know that it is necessarily disintegrating society.Jordan Murrayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02291035937205333552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8441758389977123332.post-84699178452663417562016-06-10T07:49:08.302-06:002016-06-10T07:49:08.302-06:00That was the coolest video ever! It really grabs y...That was the coolest video ever! It really grabs your attention because you are talking about the project while doing it. I loving the ending when you break the fourth wall and ask the audience a question. Extremely creative. I'm excited to see what the final product looks like, as well as your finished individual blog posts. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01084324917769915013noreply@blogger.com