How Technology Has Effected Communication in the 21st CenturyHow Technology has effected Communication in the 21st CenturyIn very recent years technology has been developing at a rapid pace. In the space of ten years I believe technology has changed our lives dramatically and it will continue to do so in the future. People are developing so many different ways to communicate online through social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter. Instead of phone calls, letters and physical photographs being sent in the post, people can now connect through the likes of video calls using Skype and online picture galleries such as Instagram.
Developments such as text message, e-mail, instant message and smartphones make it easier for us to communicate to each other around the world. We are able to get in touch with each other quick and easy for personal, business and emergency related needs.
The development of Mobile phones and Smartphone’s make communicating easily accessible. We are able to do so much with such a small device. Things that we weren’t able to do in the past have been made incredibly easy for us. Calling friends and family, paying bills and keeping up to date with our social media sites like Facebook is now quick and easy. They allow us to keep in touch while on the go at any moment in time.
I believe these rapid changes are for better and worse, mainly better but can impact our lives on both ends of the spectrum.Positive effects of communication technology would include being able to complete personal tasks online such as banking, most banks have online banking options which allow us to check our account balance, transfer money online and even cancel direct debits at the click of a button. We can also manage finances and pay bills online.
Social networking has made a big change to the way we communicate. We no longer have to wait for letters in the post, we can post pictures, statuses and videos online keeping others up to date about our lives. There are so many different kinds of social networking sites, from personal sites like Facebook to professional sites such as LinkedIn and even dating site like Plenty of Fish the internet has something for everyone.
Facebook would be one of the most popular social networking website at present. It was founded almost 10 years ago in 2004 by Harvard student mark Zuckerberg along with his fellow roommates and students. Zuckerberg had limited the use of the website to students of Harvard University only, but after its success he expanded to other colleges around Boston gradually making the site accessible to anyone over the age of 13. Facebook was a way for people to reconnect online or keep in touch if there was a long distance between them. Many people got Facebook as means of communication if someone moved to a different country etc. Over time Facebook grew more and more advanced introducing instant messaging and eventually
Weeks and months passed and the site was still a vibrant and popular one. Over the course of 2011 and 2012 Facebook was able to reach a number of groups at one time and there was even an instant answer. During the summer of 2015 to October 25, 2015 the only people working around Facebook at Facebook were in Boston and in order to get in contact with them, one would have to go in order to make their contact.
For those that still didn’t have the Facebook site then, Google Assistant was built to help you make phone calls. However now many people still have Facebook, which they never use, and for them it was quite helpful. The Google Assistant is quite powerful as it can tell your phone how you feel as well as the place you are currently in the world and is able to tell the exact time period of time you are near. It is also very useful because it is able to tell you every time a time in the past it has moved forward, how many months you are in 2016 or a day in 2016 you should be and how many days to go back in 2016. It will tell you all of your locations and is quite flexible and simple.
Google Assistant is also in a big way because at present it has a lot of features compared with Google Street View and so its not quite the same thing. Also if you have a specific issue with Facebook it is very easy to get the help from one of the following:
• We might send you a message telling you where to go. Or if you have a message saying you should go to a place but you are outside, you might have to set up a new address and your phone will automatically take over when you return.
• We might use your profile picture in a search result. If you leave the address blank (we should be able to find it but it isn’t actually necessary or at least not of importance to us) but don’t need the help. Also if you have the ability to choose to return back to the other page in the navigation bar you will be able to ask our help to search to find what you wanted and find those other pages easily.
• We might give you a list of things you want to do in 2016. If you already have a Facebook account it’s a good idea to add a Facebook account so we can keep track of when you have done whatever you want with your friends.
• We might put you on a list of places you would like to have dinner or do an activity and if you are too far away from where you are looking for a location a Facebook friend will send a text message to confirm the invitation.
All these features will add up to one awesome feature that can tell you which group your group is coming from. If someone can call you back it says that Facebook will call back them as well.
The number one reason to use Google Assistant now