Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Smartphones: The new mean of communication





Smartphones: The new mean of communication 


The evolutionary scale of technological development shows us a rising curve, especially in recent years. The information delivery is no longer in a matter of days, now it can be acquired in real time, facilitating interaction, whether the level be familiar, social or a business which is away from us.

Some smartphones functions are becoming the expression of feelings, moods, situation descriptions, among others, in a virtual manner. For example, through emoticons-small icons that describes themselves a human emotion-. Video calls are another added value. With multiple software options that offer them for free.

But, on the other hand, technology moves us away from physical contact. In many cases we abuse these channels and we leave aside personal interaction, arguing the ease and quickness of these same.

In parallel, constant damage of our language is evident, especially in spelling, meaningless abbreviations and bad pronunciation, change of meaning and context; we even invent words that sound absurd.

Nowadays, technology looks like a double-edged sword with which we only see and enjoy the benefits it offers at this moment. In the long run, misuse, disinformation and technological frenzy, could become an extremely addictive drug, moving us away from what we call "human being quality".




Juan David Córdoba G. Course 8

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