What_Does_Technology_Do_to_Communication

Through the millions of years that people have suffered and prospered through, communication has changed. Communication has grown with age and has sprouted new limbs that have created the language people use today. Technology is entirely new to us though. Technology that we know today has been growing only in the past hundred years. When comparing the two; communication has outlived technology, however, technology is the most reliable way to stay updated with recent news relay messages to one another and help with new possibilities that could alter life. Technology has spiraled into the new era of life supporting the need to stay updated with the world, such as watching the news in Berlin or Tokyo. Technology is also used to further communication resources to help successfully deliver personal and business messages. Over time, technology has broadens communication skills. Technology also has a huge inventory of new possibilities. Technology alters our communication by improving awareness on current events, strengthens communication skills, and assists with finding new possibilities. First, technology enriches an awareness of current events. Technology has replaced the newspaper: although it is still reliable, technology has expanded knowledge beyond a single country. A quarter century ago the news paper was the main source of news. Now we have up to the minute updates from around the world with the click of a button. Before technologies existence we lacked knowledge about other countries and were only informed with the most important news. The Native Americans used storytelling to pass on the stories of the beginning of time in their culture, telling stories of how the world was made to the children for them to pass on to the next generation. Communication has had different forms all over the world. Over the years, knowledge has grown at the same rate of the technology. One form of technology that advance in knowledge in the email. Eric Weiner, a national correspondent for NPR.org, (National Public Radio) stated that, “Techno-optimists assure us that the email - along with the internet and satellite TV - make the world smaller.”(375) Weiner explains how email is different in Europe and America. Email flutters through ought the world as a common communication tool. From China to Iraq, people communicate with one another for business, personal and sometimes educational. For example, some teachers use a method of teaching called pen pals. Pen pals was created to give students the ability to communicate with other children outside of their state to another country. Pen pals was conducted with pen and paper, leaps of technology enables students to communicate faster with email. This effective method of teaching has helped students keep in contact with others their own age. Students are often encouraged to write about what they are learning in school and their family life. Technology assists students expand our knowledge of other countries. There are many different uses for technology, building education is a important influence in the expanding technology. Secondly, technology communication habits are used to strengthen the way we interact with people interact. Technology helps one develop communication skills at any age. From Junior high to an attorney in a law firm, everyone communicates with technology. Personal emails and business emails, text messaging and instant messaging, phone calls to conference calls, are the skills that use technology to communicate. In 5 Important Talking Rules for Couples, Ian Kerner advises, “communicate rationally and lovingly.” , Ian Kerner, a relationship expert and counselor on communicating better in relationships, supports positive communication with family, friends, and significant others. Kerner explains in communication, if one does not respect the person one are communicating with, you may find it harder to sit back and listen. Open communication is a catalyst to healthy relationships. For example, business partners often make sure to keep updated on the status of an orders, or when lunch breaks are taken through emails or text messages. Technology enables businesses to be aware of the work at hand without alarming employees with untimely questions. Healthy communication is strengthened though technology. Finally, technology assists with finding new possibilities. With 6.5 billion people in the world most of us are curious about what is out there. Its time to expand the future and look beyond by the use of technology. For example, couples can find their soul mate with online dating; Technology allows unconfident people to find a date. People leave it up to technology and experts to assist them find the person that matches their personality. People do not have to confront someone else, so technology helps with new possibilities. The new possibilities that can be found with a click of a button are encouraged upon by Ian Kerner, a relationship expert and counselor on communicating better in relationships encourages, “Praise is mutually beneficial. The receiver feels acknowledged and supported and the giver feels connected and empathetic.” Kerner explains that acknowledgement is important to strengthen relationships, and to also engage in new ones. Kerner advises people to connect with others, although this can be difficult for people with personal issues. For example, people that have been divorced sometimes have a hard time to find the will to get back out there. Now that technology has moved forward, so dating websites have been created to help men and women from around the world find the person that matches them. Online dating can be eventful, nevertheless, it can also be depressing. Many people are still looking for their soul mates, if people continue to be persistent they will eventually be matched with their man or woman of their dreams. Happinies, love, and kindness, are all forms of new possibilities that technology can make happen faster than a website can blink. Technology enables people to venture outside of the box, nevertheless, find their soul mate. Technology has a huge impact on society; it has enriched our awareness on current events around the world, strengthened our communication skills between one another, and has assisted us with finding new possibilities outside of comfort levels. From corner to corner, communication stretches all around the world bringing information back and forth. Keeping communication positive will help people strengthen the ability to build on their already healthy relationships. Technology has stepped forward with a need better oneself; nevertheless, technology thrives off of communication through politics, history, personal, and business. Society today is built on technology, without technology people would not be able to communicate, and without communication we would be lost in our own misery. The 20th centuries’ skeletal structure is built upon technology. We the people, are the muscle and skin that complete the being that is called humans. With technology in hand, communication is constantly being rebuilt and reconformed to the new way that we communicate.