SPF Guatemala 2010
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Uploaded by SPFmissiontrip2010 on Feb 25, 2010
Communications
As soon as we could develop the proper technologies, humans have been attempting to communicate with each other. This documentary demonstrates how far communications technology has advanced, our dependence on this technology, and how it affects globalization.
From 1843, when Samuel Morse invented the first long distance electric telegraph line to Skype hitting the market in 2005 (Bellis), communication has narrowed the distance between people. Just in the past decade, Americans have seemingly altered their expectations to the idea that we should be available to contact 24/7. A simple cell phone or Skype call can connect people on opposite sides of the globe at anytime. It seems so convenient that the people we interviewed had trouble coming up with future, better technologies.
These advancements have had two opposite affects on Globalization: the digital divide and increased aid as a result of communication technology. To paraphrase the OECD (Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development), the digital divide is the gap between those who can access information and communication and those who cannot. Thus, the farther industrialized countries get ahead, the farther rural areas fall behind. But the increased communication can also help give organizations such as the United Nations or World Food Bank more direct access to these countries (UN). Additionally, inventions such as mobile phones and wireless systems are more easily installed in rural areas than land and cable lines (Castells, Fernandez-Ardevol, Linchuan 36).
The issue for the future of communications technology is: how can we maintain our current level of communication while using less energy? BusinessWeek named Denmark as The Top Country in Tech Readiness because of its use of green energy (Stecker). America scored third and if we want to continue being a top communications country we will also have to go green
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hey i just wanna thank you all for this vedio.its nice
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