research project final

Social Media and Portable Technology

We chose this topic because technology is something that is used and it constantly change who we are linking us together from greater distances. We thought technology was too big of a topic because there is so much that can be done on it so we chose something that most everyone has and everyone has access to and that would be internet and the Smart phones/ laptops we use to access it. We liked this topic because it was narrowed down but it still can cover enough things and it was interesting.  

After agreeing what we were going to do we came up with a plan about how the work would be divided and where we would start. We started from just combining the ideas and seeing where those would take us. We also used our personal experience we linked the communicative aspects with social networking. The Social networking source we used, we used because it looked creditable and they were in a novel.  Socialization Aspects sources ended in a dot org so an organization created it. “Two ways a woman…” text was from an edu so that means it came from a institutionalize school. Two other were from online news paper articles that they brought up their facts; those articles were “Apple is a religion” and "Technology Changing Way We Practice Religion."  Another source came from a dot gov website which was “Power of Technology”. Most of the other articles we tried to find from Google Scholars or from online posting from book excerpts. We thought if the information was giving fits to what we know as well as what we have recently learned. In the end our critical thinking helped us determined whether the information that we just got from the source is a good one or a bad one.

Anthropological Perspective

We studied Anthropology of Technology. During studying we feel that technology is a good thing that is making our society move forward quicker but is also leaving a lot of problem. People would rather be online than hold conversations face to face with people. Cell phones and other devices changes the very way we hang out in person, most of the time we can’t leave our devices alone and have to constantly be on it. The only way people are engaged with someone is if they are already doing something else.

Non-Essentialist Perspective

 Looking at everything in a non-essentialist perspective we noticed that what is stated above is true. Most people around campus or even at malls there is always a cell phone in hand and they are looking at it even if there is someone already talking to them in person. I have notice this even in classrooms when the professor is upfront talking there will be people on their laptop or cell phones either on Facebook or another social media site or even looking up the professor that is teaching the class at the moment. Prior to this people were more engaged with what is being said and look more into what is being said. People now seem to have a harder time saying things in front of others. Technology benefit societies by making us get closer because of the connection we have that most of us carry around in our pockets.

Symbols

Symbols that are in technology are commonly the logo, which are the most used symbols today. On a global scale companies’ logos are the one thing that can be constant from country to country and people follow or buy the product based on the company. On a community scale people normally buy what is the popular product not necessarily the bet one. The other thing is that companies like Facebook also are starting to be in our culture and they created their own culture but it is on a bigger scale.

Religion of technology

Technology can be said to be helping religion, people can get their bible verses on their smart phones for a Christian culture as well as any other religious text from just their smart phones. The religious culture has to adapt with all of the discoveries and distractions of the smart phone.  Globally technology companies are created like religions itself. The people who run the companies are worshiped like they are priest. The tech conventions are almost like what Mecca is for Islam. People travel from all around the globe in order to see the next big thing or the next savior of human kind.

Social class aspects

Culturally people are more likely to have certain phones or laptops depending on what their social class is. The more money that you make the nicer technology that you will have. The other thing is that the lower social class that you are in the less likely you will have much access to the internet leaving you outside the social network loop. Globally countries that are considered first world countries are more likely to produce what would be considered the next big thing.

Socialization

The cultural impact that technology has on us is that we are more likely allowing our kids to get on and use the internet for anything fun. A lot of the online games they are playing with other people around. They can have a positive or a negative aspect on the children people say that children spending so much time online they don’t develop the communication skills. Global aspect of technology is people are able to communicate with each other from greater distances as well.

Communicative

Globally people are more linked to each other than ever before, they are just clicking to contact people. Culturally people are more linked to each other than ever. We are able to communicate where we are by clicking the check in button on social networks like Facebook.

Gender aspects

Our culture is desensitized to the women at sex is overexposed. With the internet advertising they over use women bodies in as an object and they aren't considered person. This isn't just our culture but it is worldwide.

Communal Identities

Culture is more of how you express yourself and making your own identity. People are almost living in two worlds at the same time one is the physical world and another is virtual. Globally there is becoming one big culture of people that are using online media. Also there has been studies that race also determines how likely you have access to the internet.

Political and Power

Culturally political candidates are using technology more and more. Social media sites like Facebook and Twitter to see how many likes and followers they can get. They are also using it to campaign for elections. Around the world countries monitor and sometimes limit what you can and can’t view online. They feel like it is a threat to their power so they try to regain that power by blocking things.

Social media and portable technology has changed our culture from even ten years ago. People treat it more of religion that religion itself. Socially people interact differently between each other because what it has done. Globally people are using technology more and more almost creating their own culture. Things I would like to ask if we continued is how social technology is affecting our economy and how is it affecting our ability to learn.