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Resource: Week 1 assignment, Society Before Technological Advances
Consider your work on the Week 1 assignment. You will use the three technological advances you chose last week for this assignment.
For your technology conference, you have been asked to host a breakout session. Your topic is The Effect of Technological Advances.
Create a 10- to 15-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation with speaker notes in which you:
- Analyze three significant points in history when rapid technological advances have occurred that you believe had the greatest impact on society, different cultures, and individuals. For each technological advancement, discuss the following:
- Why was the technology significant for society?
- What happened in society as a result of the technology? What were the unintended consequences?
- What were the effects of the technology on sociocultural development, including the benefits and harms?
- What were the benefits and harms of the technology on the privacy and values of individuals?
- How has the technology shaped how people define and present themselves in society and their digital identities? Will it continue to do so?
- Has the technology created greater, lesser, or divided social equity over time?
Use a minimum of 1 visual for each technology advancement.
Cite a minimum of 2 peer-reviewed sources according to APA guidelines.
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Effect of technological advances
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INTRODUCTION
Importance of technology- Technological advancements took place to improve the
way people do things and to improve human life quality.
Significant technological points in history – From the Week 1 Assignment, the
historical points of technological advancement are:
The Cellphone and landlines communication technology advancement.
The internet technology conceptualization and advancement.
Television technology conceptualization and advancement.
The technologies have various significances, unintended consequences, harms, they
have shaped people’s lives and digital identities and they also impact social identity.
CELLPHONES AND LANDLINES TECHNOLOGY SIGNIFICANCE
Main Significances- Payphones allowed for people to make calls with remote people.
It enhanced communication between people.
Use of cassette tapes allowed the leaving of messages to the sender.
Unintended consequences- The devices were meant for communication but they
offered an opportunity for inappropriate content.
Ruined human interaction- Advancement of cell phone communication devices
makes people avoid one on one conversations(Silver et al., 2019).
Time wastage-When people are engaged on their phones they can waste time
doing irrelevant things on the phones.
EFFECTS OF CELLPHONE AND LANDLINES TECHNOLOGY
Benefits-They positively influences the economy and education.
Communication- They allow friends and family to communicate and keep in
touch with each other.
Information- Mobile phones allow people to access the latest news and
information(Silver et al., 2019).
Harms- Several harms are associated with mobile phones.
Inappropriate content-Negative impact on children who access inappropriate
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