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Technology and Society Expectations- Blog 2

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Technology has became the center of everyone lives. The first thing we do in the morning is check our phone for notification or latest news updates from overnight. Technology has kept up with this fast-pace dynamic we created today. "Technology, data and analytics have combined to fundamentally alter the innovation curve, a curve that's become increasingly steep. Changes and updates are happening more rapidly than ever. Anyone who's bought a smartphone has seen this firsthand. What was a ground-breaking innovation yesterday is out of date tomorrow. It’s become an “exponential economy.” (Stroh, 2017). We as an society have created a new expectation because of technology such as face-pace. We want everything quick especially nothing that can possibly hinder our day. Texting, sharing and posting gives us that. It doesn't take a lot to like, share or comment on a post especially with the social media app at our fingertips at all times. As we as an society continue to

Technology and Culture- Blog 2

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Technology is important factor to our every day life. Over the years technology has changed the we view mass media, communicate, research and even our culture.Culture was shaped from beliefs, style and personality. Today everyone has to shape their culture around technology or figure out how technology can fit into their culture. Including the possibility of changing or reshaping the culture as a whole. We are currently in the face-pace and "Me" generation. Meaning everything is moving quickly and changing every day and technology has everything to do with it. In the past the biggest form of communication was interpersonal. Everyone interact with one another personally including letters, emails and telephone. "Digital technology has also changed what people term as ‘media.’ The influence of new technology on media is apparent since a media company isn’t necessarily a news platform anymore. A media company is now known as a company that helps pass information acro

Mass Media and Technology- BLOG 2

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Mass Media has changed the way we view culture. Technology created a advantage for people to have access to the internet at their fingertips. Technology culture was shaped around individuality or groups of people with the focus of their belief, styles and personality. Today technology has changed that. " Media is a term that refers to all print, digital, and electronic means of communication. From the time the printing press was created (and even before), technology has influenced how and where information is shared. Today, it is impossible to discuss media and the ways societies communicate without addressing the fast-moving pace of technology change." ( Lievrouw, Livingstone. 2006.) In the past mass media was in the form of letters, radios, newspapers and nightly news. Technology gave people a new form of communicating, reviewing news and stay connected to the world.    Technology has made mass media easier because all it take is a click of a your finge

SAMR

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S ubstitution  A ugmentation  M odification  R edefinition Model offers a method of using computer technology and impact in teaching and learning. Even though SAMR is used primary in the classrooms. This method can still be utilized for communicators in the workplace. It can help them learn new ways and models to form their teachings. All workplace have meetings, quarterly company requirements, and employees monthly reviews. This is one method that should be considered, even it's not being considered as a good method for training. The Image below gives a definition for each acronym: SAMR is a tool that can be utilized for communicators and workplace training. " is a framework for selecting, using, and evaluating technology in education. Though traditionally applied to technologies that students directly use, we wondered if we could use the model as a guide to think about the work teachers do before and after teaching." (Macdonald, 2018). Today most or all o