How has wireless technology changed how we think of public vs. private spaces?
People now seems to care more about their personal information on these different sites and networks and rightfully so. Theirs no guaranteed that the information they put on the web is safe from hackers. People are on there phones more so they care about what they are putting out. Are people on their phones more because of wireless technology and is that the bigger issue?
In my opinion I think about how some people cannot travel without looking at their phones constantly, at a concert, going on a plane, going to the bathroom. Wireless technology made some people really addicted to the mysteries of what is going on today in other parts of the world, what topics people are talking about, and many more. In the article, Social Impacts The Telephone And The Cell Phone Has Had On Society by Victor Epand he states, “Without doubt, mobile telephony offers enormous advantages and added convenience, greater personal security, and the ability to take advantage of ‘dead’ time to do business on the move. But the picture isn’t all rosy. Like most young technologies, mobile telephony is experiencing its share of teething troubles, including concerns about environmental impact, health and safety, and, of course, the social changes being wrought by a technology which, by making us permanently contactable, is having a profound effect on our interpersonal interaction (Epand)”. Epand expands on what I said earlier, wireless technology is having a big impact on society itself both good and bad but in this case I think they both cancel each other out in terms of which one outweighs the other.
In the article, Smartphones revolutionized our lives-but at what cost Janet Delaney states,”These benefits, however, seem to have come at a high cost to our mental and social lives. The constant connectivity and access to information that smartphones offer have made the devices something of a drug for hundreds of millions of users. Scientists are just beginning to research this phenomenon, but their studies suggest that we are becomingly increasingly distracted, spending less time in the real world and being drawn more deeply into the virtual world (Delaney).” We have so much access to information that it can hinder a person but at the end of the day it solely relies on a person’s choices. Wireless technology changed how we think about public and private places but it also changed how we function as a society.
