This scholarly article by Dr. Kiran Bala discusses the impact social media is having on the people of today, focusing a lot on the populations of India (where the author is from). Even though the culture in India is different from the culture we have in the United States, the impact social media has had on people is still the same in both places. Dr. Bala discusses in the article about the amount of people connected via social media and what it has started to do in the younger generation as well as the older generation. Not only is social media destroying attention spans and changing cultures it is also changing personal interaction completely! People interact more online yet do not interact well in more personal manners, relationships are more of a public ordeal rather than being a private relationship, and the numbers of people that can be interacted with are increasing exponentially. I recommend reading this article because it bridges the gap between cultures to discuss interesting aspects of how social media is changing personal interactions.
Thursday, October 23, 2014
Assignment #3: New Media and Technology
Social Media and Changing Communication Patterns
This scholarly article by Dr. Kiran Bala discusses the impact social media is having on the people of today, focusing a lot on the populations of India (where the author is from). Even though the culture in India is different from the culture we have in the United States, the impact social media has had on people is still the same in both places. Dr. Bala discusses in the article about the amount of people connected via social media and what it has started to do in the younger generation as well as the older generation. Not only is social media destroying attention spans and changing cultures it is also changing personal interaction completely! People interact more online yet do not interact well in more personal manners, relationships are more of a public ordeal rather than being a private relationship, and the numbers of people that can be interacted with are increasing exponentially. I recommend reading this article because it bridges the gap between cultures to discuss interesting aspects of how social media is changing personal interactions.
This scholarly article by Dr. Kiran Bala discusses the impact social media is having on the people of today, focusing a lot on the populations of India (where the author is from). Even though the culture in India is different from the culture we have in the United States, the impact social media has had on people is still the same in both places. Dr. Bala discusses in the article about the amount of people connected via social media and what it has started to do in the younger generation as well as the older generation. Not only is social media destroying attention spans and changing cultures it is also changing personal interaction completely! People interact more online yet do not interact well in more personal manners, relationships are more of a public ordeal rather than being a private relationship, and the numbers of people that can be interacted with are increasing exponentially. I recommend reading this article because it bridges the gap between cultures to discuss interesting aspects of how social media is changing personal interactions.
Thursday, October 2, 2014
Assignment #2: Network Laws and the Future of Information
Ah yes, Network Laws. Though they are all in the same general family, they are quite different with how they interpret connections through the internet.
>Sarnoff's Law states that the value of a network increases in a linear fashion as the number of people on it increases.
>Metcalfe's Law, using the formula n(n-1)/2 (where n equals the number of members), states that a network increases by roughly n^2.
>Reed's Law, states that the value of a network increases exponentially, or by 2^n.
When trying to figure out which one I agreed with the most, I looked for which one seemed to encapsulate the essence of the internet the best through its interpretation of network communication. I was not on board with Sarnoff right off the bat; Sarnoff's Law does not consider connections amongst multiple people, instead relying on one central person to communicate an idea. This does not allow for multiple contributions and interactions amongst everyone else, going against the ideals that communications in general have. That leaves two: Reed's Law and Metcalfe's Law. Reed's Law, which deals with exponential communication amongst people (even people you do not know), compared to Metcalfe's Law, which deals with one person connecting directly with other people who then connect with others. Reed's Law, to me, goes past the purpose of communicating through the internet, expanding to other pools of people that they might not actually try to communicate with, like with how social media connects the user to others they may or may not know. Metcalfe's Law, on the other hand, connects everyone on the network together in a way that they can interact in a more personal manner, and that's why I prefer Metcalfe's Law the most.
When it comes to information sharing five years from now, I do not know what to expect. Technology is getting better and more proficient at an extremely fast rate to where even five years is a long time for technological innovation. One of the things I heard recently about information sharing and receiving is this idea about technological tattoos that can send out NFC waves to receive information from someone through a handshake, open doors by just being near them, and monitoring heart rate. In five years this idea could easily be improved enough to where we do not even need cell phones anymore because they are right under our skin. I am not sure about the popularity of the idea due to having to get the device implemented under your skin, but who knows, maybe in five years it will simply be a patch we wear on us somewhere.
>Sarnoff's Law states that the value of a network increases in a linear fashion as the number of people on it increases.
>Metcalfe's Law, using the formula n(n-1)/2 (where n equals the number of members), states that a network increases by roughly n^2.
>Reed's Law, states that the value of a network increases exponentially, or by 2^n.
When trying to figure out which one I agreed with the most, I looked for which one seemed to encapsulate the essence of the internet the best through its interpretation of network communication. I was not on board with Sarnoff right off the bat; Sarnoff's Law does not consider connections amongst multiple people, instead relying on one central person to communicate an idea. This does not allow for multiple contributions and interactions amongst everyone else, going against the ideals that communications in general have. That leaves two: Reed's Law and Metcalfe's Law. Reed's Law, which deals with exponential communication amongst people (even people you do not know), compared to Metcalfe's Law, which deals with one person connecting directly with other people who then connect with others. Reed's Law, to me, goes past the purpose of communicating through the internet, expanding to other pools of people that they might not actually try to communicate with, like with how social media connects the user to others they may or may not know. Metcalfe's Law, on the other hand, connects everyone on the network together in a way that they can interact in a more personal manner, and that's why I prefer Metcalfe's Law the most.
When it comes to information sharing five years from now, I do not know what to expect. Technology is getting better and more proficient at an extremely fast rate to where even five years is a long time for technological innovation. One of the things I heard recently about information sharing and receiving is this idea about technological tattoos that can send out NFC waves to receive information from someone through a handshake, open doors by just being near them, and monitoring heart rate. In five years this idea could easily be improved enough to where we do not even need cell phones anymore because they are right under our skin. I am not sure about the popularity of the idea due to having to get the device implemented under your skin, but who knows, maybe in five years it will simply be a patch we wear on us somewhere.
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