A New Era : Cyberglobalization

 

Wikinomics, Cyberculture and Global Networking

 

 

In last class we discussed "Wikinomics" a chapter in Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything by Don Tapscott.

 

 

 

 

Since the creation of Cyberspace, the world's economic systems have been changed.  By changed, I mean the way we handle our money, the way we trade and buy products, the way we protect our identity and find a new medium to discuss the economic situation.  The World Wide Web is not completely global meaning some countries do not have the resources or money to be connected, but while they are not online, other areas around the world have access to information explaining their cultures and norms. Globalization is not a new idea; it has been around since the begining of the Industrial Revolution.  The term globalization has expanded to include a new form of cultural collaboration called Cyberglobalization.  The World Wide Web allows easy spread of cultures and religions around the world.  Globalization is not just how North America affects foreign cultures, but is broader to include how other cultures and subcultures affect one another.  Social tools like Wikipedia allow anyone, anywhere to access information about any culture.  This international access to information is the new way of defining globalization.  Social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, Zoosk, Socialmediatoday.com, Amazon.com, Ebay.com and Gemm (Global Electronic Music Market) are only a few from the hundrends of tools used to promote, trade, create and consume cultural values and products around the world. Cyberconsumerism is our evergrowing understanding of cultures near and far by allowing us access to art, literature, entertainment, fashion, cuisine, lodging and marketing around the world.

 

Below is a video tutorial on Social Media and how its tool are used for E-Commerce:

 

 

 

Today, the web is not used just for business collaboration, but also for political discussion, human rights, weather, current events, entertainment and self pleasure.  This broad scope of what we use the internet for is not written in stone, but is also evolving with new tools to access information.

  

 Looking back at the chapter on Wikinomics, one can find an example of how social media has affected e-commerce and business growth.  The example given was about Rob McEwen, CEO at Goldcorp, Inc.  Rob  was excited when he went to a lecture about a new type of computer system called Lenux.    Rob turned to his geologist and said, "We're going to find more gold on this property, and we won't leave this room until we have a plan to find it."  This plan involved using social media was quote, "I'd like to take all of our geology, all the data we have that goes back to 1948, and put it into a computer file for global access."  Within weeks, Goldcorp had submissions from around the world about where to find the largest amount of gold.  This use of the internet catapulted  Goldcorp into a $9 billion dollar company; a huge jump upward from $100 million from before using cyberspace.

 

A tutorial on Wikinomics by author Don Tapscott himself:

 

 

 

Through my eyes, I have seen since I was a little boy, the change social media tools have brought to communication norms, consumption and marketing and the way we time-manage ourselves.    At the begining of the enhanced cellphone, the Blackberry and Palm Pilots were the first of  their kind. 


The new social media tools and internet browsing technology were merged with the idea of a mobile phone.  Since the invention of the mobile phone, enhanced devices like the Iphone and Android have made communication and business more efficient.  I have witnessed the evolution of the mobile phone and smartphone.  Owning a smartphone  and desktop computer myself, I have witnessed e-commerce and the advancement of social media communication  throughout cyberspace.  In my opinion, cyberculture and being cybersocial (using digital means to communicate) is a positive adaptation the human race is making.  As cyberspace grows and communication advances, I see great progress in consumerism, political collaboration, new medicine, international studies and social abilities.  As the Wikinomics article discusses, globalization and peer collaboration are the keys to success on the evergrowning cyberspace.  The article states, "To innovate and succeed, the new mass collaboration must become part of every leader's playbook.  Learning how to coexist and engage in a diverse lingual and cultural cyberspace is the key for productive business planning." 

 

 

 

Below is a recent chart showing how relevant social media tools are:

 

 

Public Spaces



The World Wide Web itself is an untouchable structure of electronic information that is used for communicate with others.  This cyberstructure is not of brick and mortar, but of accessible information that has no direction or territory limits.   Cyberspace being a body of limitless information is like DNA from our body.  Each website, blog, video, audio source and scholarly article is a strand making up the body of information that is cyberspace.  The endless amount of digital information on the Internet is untouchable. Internet information consists of a language of code, graphics, sound and inputted data.

 

 Soundwaves heard from our radios can be felt through vibration, but the notes heard can not be held as solid matter in the hands.  The same goes for digital information.  We use our eyes for seeing what cyberspace has to offer. 


Cyberspace exists because structures like engineering, labor, marketing, and technological constructions enable it to exist.  The expansion of the web is driven these many structures.  Global cities are information cities (spaces) that are linked to global flows of finance, demographic data, human rights, and social media.    A term increasingly used to describe the wired nature of information cities and societies around the world is Network Society. 

Information Spaces

Information spaces are online social media spaces for information exchange.  Listservs, databases, blogs, email, chat platforms, and newsgroups are examples of information spaces.  Electronic mail came into use in 1970.  Like all forms of communication, email is a social process, a mode of interaction.  Internet Browsers like Earthlink, Netscape and Microsoft Internet Explorer were early pioneers in cyberspace information surfing.  America Online was one of the first multitasking social media web browsers.   Texting platform software like America Online Messenger, Yahoo Messenger and Microsoft Network Messenger opened the door to quick peer to peer conversations.  A symbol system used by these social messengers was Emoticons.  These are small facial punctuation graphics used during texting.   

Connectivity

With the creation of networking, businesses and homes could be linked together regardless of location.  With the more recent hotspot technology, people can carry their laptop and mobile devices anywhere to find a connection.  This idea of the portable Internet excited the masses, creating the need for more hotspot friendly venues (shops, cafes, condominiums, schools, etc.).   Information and Internet web pages were more accessible, but made cyberspace seem more unmeasurable in terms of endless space than ever.  Cyberspace is nicknamed "Cloud" because it is always filled with information like a rain cloud.  Cyberspace is never too full with information because it has no capacity limit. It is endless...

With wireless routers people could be anywhere in the office or home to view and share information with others.  The reliability and connectivity of wireless routers, network servers and hotspots created the need for new electronic devices like tablets, wireless USB cards and Internet apps for an array of mobile devices.  The Apple company were the first major innovators when it came to wireless Internet and smart phones.  Android quickly took after Apple's iPhone, creating a huge line of competitive mobile devices. 

As an aside that I found interesting, the text stated that for women, the "intrusion' of the Internet and Personal Computer has transformed everyday life in significant ways.  "Home office" is the new space for women to occupy where they carry out daily tasks. 

Cybercities are intersections of the material and immaterial, the real and the virtual,  the social and technical, in a world of unpredictable social communication and leisure entertainment.    Sites like Wikipedia, Ask.com, WebMD, Google and Amazon.com, allow us to look up information on a chosen subject regardless of global location, gender or age.  This allows people of all cultures and lifestyles to look up information about a subject that informs you about another culture.  This form of globalization is not just America influencing the world, but the world influencing the United States.  The ease of access to cultural information from around the world has made cyberspace the most interconnecting tool of the past 40 years. 


Below is a video about how the governments make decisions about what goes and stays on the internet.

Accessing Documents, Music, Film and Photography

Cyberspace in recent decades has open the door to digital file accessibility.  Music sharing sites like Napster and iTunes have made connecting with friends a new world fulled with sound and motion picture.  With Microsoft's Windows Media Player, playing your downloaded files while multitasking on  your computer has now been made easier.  iTunes allows you to use your digital MP3 players to create your own playlists.  Sites like Photo Bucket, Flickr, Instagram and Facebook create a way to share and archive pictures online.  This new form of connectivity has its flaws.  The youth of today are stressed as to how they should display their 'real' identities online through Myspace, Facebook and texting.  The use of Avatar profiling has helped us share our musical tastes, monumental photos and stories while hiding behind a digital profile.  Businesses can share work files through e-mail, FTP sites, peer to peer programs and USB thumb-drive.  Google Docs allows collaboration on business and school related projects.  Security systems allow companies to archive activity in a certain business.  Electronic connectivity has come a long way since the beginning of the Internet.

Using Cyberspace as a Reference Desk


There are now more and more sites that allow Internet surfers to search for home improvement, travel, health and fitness, resturant reviews and more.  New sites like Angieslist, Kayak, UrbanSpoon, Zagat and HomeAdviser and Care4Hire let people research this information.  Business now have a closer relationship between consumer and product, archiving opinions of how people rate a service or item.  HomeAdviser lets someone find the perfect plumber, carpenter or electrician, while Kayak shows  you the best hotel rates and airline deals.  The use of websites like Yelp and MashSpots allow Internet users to research the nearest restaurant with reviews from clientele.  The newest website to hit cyberspace is Care4Hire.com, letting someone search for the best rated babysitter in the area with the click of a mouse.

 

Subcultures

Subcultures and Cyberniches

 

 

 

 

 

 

Modern society has been consumed by digital and social media.  Instead of using a type-writer to put together news, entertainment and political information. people of the twenty-first century are using digital electronics.  Computers offer word processing software and Internet tools that are widely globalized.  A form of this new digital culture is Blogging.  Blogs are constructed of online entries that are for personal enjoyment or public reading.  A definition in Promad K. Nayar's book "Introductions to New Media and Cybercultures" says "blogging is refered to as 'reverse-chronological posting by an individual that incorporate hyperlinks, videos and photos."    Another form of posting online are social websites like Facebook, Pintrest, Instagram and Twitter.  Below I have included a chart dividing the use of social and digital communication.  As  you can see in the second chart, Blogging is expected to rise 2% (about 10 million readers each year) by 2014.

 

 

 



 

 

Webcams and Online Self Pleasure

 

 

Web cam technology is not new, but its use is always being redefined.  Web cams were first used as a means of showing ones self to those who they are chatting with.  Softwares like Microsoft Net Meeting, Skype and IMovie allow people to chat with video imagery.  Webcams are now used by men and women for online pleasure and sex chats.  Websites like Live Jasmin and Adult Finder make soft porn accessible through webcam interfaces.  Web cams are not just used for sexual pleasure, they are used for business conferences and for recording personal videos of the family or friends.  These webcams through software like Skype, bring families together even though they might live apart.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fansites and Fan-Communities

 

 

 

 

 

 

Today, just about everything you can think of has a website.  It just takes one person as a fan to sit down and create a website.  These pages are public so the fan community grows quickly.  Fansites can be on any subject including sports, cars, music, art, books, movies, digital culture and more.  For kids there are fansites on Pokeman, Curious George, Yo Gabba Gabba, Spongebob, Hanna Barbera cartoons, The Peanuts, Disney characters and music groups like Jonas Brothers or Backstreet Boys.  For high school and college students there are fansites for Star Trek, Comic books, bands, tattoos, fashion, muscle cars, fitness and more.  These fansites allow anyone to see recent updates on their favorite subject and links to videos on Youtube.


The Avatar Self is a new subculture that has attracted millions to cybergaming.  Online gaming communities include Worlds of Warcraft, SIMS, Second Life, Ultima Forever and now Enterprise (a business oriented game).

 

Tpyes of Cyberculture Through Movies and The Internet

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cybertension and Anxiety

 

 

Anxiety and Cyber-Tension

 

 

In the last decade, social media has become a new dominating tool for communicating with friends and loved ones.  What I mean by Cyber-tension is the overworked social muscle caused by peer presure and anxiety to keep up with your internet tools like Facebook, Twitter, Outlook  and Google Email Accounts, Pintrest and everything else we use online.  Just like working out in the gym for other muscles, the anxiety to keep up with internet tools can be overworked causing "Cyber-Tension" in the left temporal lobe .  Side affects are headache, frustration, loss of energy and mental fatigue.

 

 

 

Most children and young adults feel as if it is their perogative to connect digitally with their friends.  Preeschoolers and Middleschoolers see older students and other parents using digital tools to connect through the internet.  These children complain to their family for a smartphone or ipad for Christmas.  Today's internet is not just a way to connect with friends online, but a cyber-nightmare.  Creating online profiles of yourself wondering if you should stay true to who you are at a young age causes anxiety.  Having little of knowledge of who your child is actually talking to is a stress for the family.    Parents have to monitor their child by going through their texts after the computer time is over for their young adult.  Monitoring what your child is up to on the internet is a major stress for moms and dads.  Highschoolers have anxiety to be the most popular online by keeping their Facebook profile full of friends and messages.

Do you have FOMO? 

 

 

 

 

 

Mobile Texting -- Eternal  Communication With Friends

 

 

 

Children feel the need to have easy access to friends in today's world of digital companionship.  Being alone doodling by yourself is more together than in previous decades.  Having your smartphone near creates the feeling of eternal communication.   Friends are more accesible to communicate with by cellular texting and Facebook. The digital devices are just the venue for eternal communication with friends.  This feeling of "I'm not alone" is also a stresser because the communication process never turns off.  There is anxiety with replying to all the texts daily.  Keeping up with digital connections does not only refer to mobile texting, but to e-mail messages and Facebook updates.

 

 

 

 

 

Attention 50/50

 

 

Having our anxiety with our digital agenda leaves us to spend more attention online.  We are less present when at school, at a movie or when hanging with friends. Texting our friends and updating Facebook are new norms subscribed in our everyday culture.  We are pressured to view every message as it comes in, and the anxiety from staying connected with your friends has become for most, a constant minute by minute hassle.   

Personal Experiences and Views of Modern Social Media


When I was young, the term connected meant something different.  For me it meant connection of a mouse to a computer or a the way a pad of paper sticks together.  The internet was a new form of using our personal computers.  I had trouble grasping the idea that the computer goes to a world of information outside of itself.  I even thought using the telephone was a magical experience.  Fastforwarding to 1990's, I saw technology advancing at a fast rate.  Items like the Walkie-Talkie was a huge communication tool for friends, family and business use.  At this time cellphones were just phones.  The ability to text with friends was just developing and was a pain to do on phones.  I never felt the anxiety of today until I had a smartphone.  the ease of communication and all the tools made it easier and harder at the same time.  What to push and how to use each tool became a constant hassle.  For me at first, I wanted my friends to be available only by calling them; them texting me was invasive.  I never responded to text, but I would call my friends.



Understanding Modern Texting Technology


With my smartphone, I got used to the idea of texting, but still had the anxiety to be available at all times incase a text came through.  When I texted my friends and didnt recieve a response for more than 5 hours, I got worried.  I felt as if I did something wrong and my friend was mad at me.  Being stuck in this constant guessing game, I reverted back to using my smartphone for just a phone.  The same thing happend though if it went to voice mail.  I never used profiling websites like Facebook or Twitter and felt no anxiety about it.  Today the pengilum has swung to constant use of smartphones and profile websites.  It is like we are brainwashed to invest our time in these new communication tools.  In my opinion, these tools help us, but they are not what our life depends on.  I still call my friends on occation to catch up.  Having the newest and most modern version of these devices is a obsetion for most people.  These devices are updating at such a constant rate it creates anxiety for those who dont have the money to get the latest version.  Overall, I think these devices create more anxiety then they are worth because our lives are hard enough as it is.

Overview Video:

Questions:

How has owning a smartphone and an internet connection changed your life and those around you?


Are you experiencing anxiety?  If so, what stresses you the most?


If we could rewind time, before celluar phones, would you feel less or more anxious without the ability to communicate through texting?  (Discuss and explain why)


Do you see social media anxiety affecting adolecents of the next generation?
 

 



True Confessions - chapter 12

 

 

True Confessions

Cyber Aggression and Arguing

 

 

Chapter 12, of Sherry Turkle's "Alone Together," examines online communication and the difference between real-time anger between friends and posting confessions through cyberspace.

 

 

Flaming Vs. Venting

 

A flaming conversion happens when two friends or family members yell it out over something they disagree on.  Solving things  by yelling is not new.  We do it face-to-face and on the telephone.  A new medium for releasing our feelings is venting over the Internet.  Social websites like facebook, twitter and the ever evolving confession sites are places that let us vent online.  Flaming can accrue online when a reply by text or email starts a chain of angry messages between the two senders.

 

We as a human society have indulged in the Internet and are abusing its uses.  A speaker from Wall Street Journal explains why we approach these Internet platforms with a high image of ourselves, leaving us to believe we can broadcast whatever we want.  Typing online for many seems like word processing document on their individual computer where nobody sees what anything.  However, we are announcing these typed statements to millions online.

http://graphicsweb.wsj.com/documents/AUDIO12/index.php?uid=bernstein10021&size=D&bgcolor=&fontcolor=&autoplay=0

 

Confession Websites

 

When we feel guilty about our actions, we feel the need to keep it a secret from loved ones and family.  Holding it as a secret for a long time makes us feel worse and we need a place to vent online.  Confession websites like PostSecret, is helping millions release their guilt online with a connection to a community of anonymous listeners.  These confessional site users are there to deal with their guilt while also commenting to others with compassionate support. 

These websites are a therapeutic tool for those who have a lot on their plate.  Having posted something you don't want a loved one to know or something more personal, that is a deep secret, leaves someone temporarily relieved of guilt.  These types of sites do not replace the pressure of having to confess your worries to your loved ones or family.  Talking about your feelings and worries online to compassionate people might help make you less nervous about approaching that loved one and delivering the news after reading feedback from others.  These interactions with others who confess over these sites are not a true social connection.  It is important to see the difference between a group of anonymous online individuals or a cyber-community and your real group of friends offline.  Connecting with a cyberspace community on confession webpages is a communication format that is less secure and intimate than talking face-face with your loved ones.   When confessing online, you don't know if the anonymous people will keep that secret online, making the information not a secret anymore. 

  Even your dog is curious!

 

 

Religious Wisdom about Online Confession Sites:

Using Sites Like "YesIConfess.com"



 

An  entrepreneur from India founded a confessional website where people of India can speak about their worries.  This video explains how to use "YesIConfess" and the reasons for creating it.

 

 

The Scale of Online Confessions

 

Below a priest gives his ideas on The Lack of Human Interaction and Human Contact.  Online confession sites are a new venue to get rid of your burdens, but in the long run we are loosing the emotional depth that face-to-face interaction has.  Online confessions are not only a cleanse of sins, but go as deep as a cry for love and companionship.

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUSTAVwNZsk

 

Phone Stress

When An Ancient Invention Becomes Your Worst Social Nightmare 

A "Phony" Situation

 

 

 

 

 

 

Digital communication has become a dominant tool  in our daily lives.  The telephone was a great tool during its prime, but we are now communicating in a voiceless manor.  The modern social realm is not really social at all.  Brief messages on cyberspace are empty of content, less meaningful and blunt.  We have forgotten how to talk when face-to-face and prefer a digital interaction over a real-time one.   Text, email and voice-mail messaging are electronic forms of communicating without having to show dress code, body language, or facial expressions.   Without the real-time pattern of question and answer, we now communicate by simple statements.  Many people are annoyed by this because the waiting time of a reply is unknown.  With the use of smart phones and tablets, communicating by voice has become a haunting ordeal.  Thinking about sounding scripted or the idea of being time consuming are reasons people stay away from real-time communication.  Phone conversations are more intimate and emotional, sometimes taking longer than expected.  Over the phone we can't edit what we have said and the conversation can end up on the wrong path.  There is no send button on a phone, so texting does have this reassuring advantage.  A message is shown for review and editing  until you are ready to send it. 

 

Your Digital Clone

 

In the book "Alone Together,"Chapter 10, author Sherry Turkle studies how teenagers adopt to a world of digital connectivity. She uses Internet sociability as her main topic of study.  

 

 

 

Having the Internet as a venue to communicate has its pros and cons.  The ability to create your own identity online is a communication tool that has become a disadvantage through peer pressure to be accepted digitally.  With Myspace, Facebook and Twitter, high school students are creating their digital clone. There is constant peer pressure to keep your profile as current and cool as possible.  Online profiling has become a competitive sport with young adults stressing about who they should add as their friend.  Bragging about the number of friends they have is the competitive nature of these websites.  The concept of perceived privacy online can have many consequences.  Typing messages on your profile is viewable by all your friends.  Understanding how to protect information between friends online with privacy preferences is important. 

 

 

 

 Help, My Profile Is Too Public! 

 

 If your profile is open to the public, anyone can view your intimate conversations with friends and family.  Instant messaging and mobile texting are not as stressful because the conversation is intimate.  Through texting you are only communicating with the receiver of choice.  This is an advantage that does not exist when on social profile websites. 

 

Audrey, a sixteen year old, has said her mom is always focused on her mobile phone, either texting or updating friends on Facebook.  Audrey explained this relationship between herself and her mom as "boundless."  To me cyberspace communication has its cons and the most common disadvantage is families have less bonding time.  Either the dad is watching sports or reading the newspaper, the son is in his room playing video games or on Facebook and the mom is in the kitchen texting friends about recipes. 

 

 

Online profiles also have the stress of what to put on the Internet.  Seeing yourself as a puzzle involving filtering and restricting every part of you from going online is a common stress.  This is a common stress among highscool students who feel as their digital clone is not completely who they are in real life.  This digital avatar is a resemblance of only pieces of their true self.  Only between close friends and family, can you be your full self online.

 

 

Google Images

 

 

  Video about Phone Calls Vs. Texting (Metro State University of Denver)

 

 

Online Communication Statistics

 

 

 

 

 

Websites on Internet Communication:

 

http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/why-text-messages-wont-die/

 

http://www.clutchmagonline.com/2012/09/texting-vs-calling-has-technology-made-people-more-impersonal/

 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/18/texting-phone-calls_n_1683756.html

 

http://pewinternet.org/~/media/Files/Reports/2012/PIP_Teens_Smartphones_and_Texting.pdf

 

http://www.termpaperwarehouse.com/essay-on/Texting-Vs-Calling/88376

Digitally Consumed

 

Digitally Consumed - Life With A Mobile Internet

 

 

As desktop computers took over our lives, engineers began brainstorming on ways to make the world wide web accessible and portable.  The creation of laptop computers created a mainstream portable version of the Internet.  Everyone could connect to the Internet, but people were limited by the 56k modem.  Connection was only available for access through a land-line.  As time progressed, the modem became obsolete when wireless technology replaced it.  Laptops and desktop computers could access the Internet with a faster and more efficient connection.  Wireless technology has let laptop users connect to a mobile version of the world wide web.  Internet routers and hotspot software were distributed to businesses like coffee shops, bookstores and cafes.  You could access the web on your laptop anywhere.

 

 

 Robots - An Extra Companion

 

 The invention and study of robots is not new.  Wind-up toys of the 1950's were small medal robots trying to resemble the future.  The Jetson's cartoon was based on the cyborg future and had a robot butler named Rosie.  As we entered the 1980s, many of the sci-fi movies had fictional characters that were robots.  From movies like E.T. to more modern movies like Wall-E, robots and futuristic life have been a mainstream concept.  Various toy companies started creating lines of toys that were motorized by moving parts.  These modern toys were much better than the wind-up toys.  Character toys like Teddy Rugspin and Tickle Me Elmo were in households everywhere.  As kids needed a toy that would give them companionship, computer enhanced toys like Furby, Penbo and Aibo were created as an interactive friend.  These new toys engaged children's imagination and social skills.  Merchandise from Sci-Fi movies including robots was an interest for people of all ages.  Toys based on movie characters were being released with computerized vocals from the film.  More mature films started using robot characters: examples are Star Trek and Star Wars.    

                                          Kismet (MIT Project Robot)

 

Smartphones and Being One With The Internet (A New DNA Strand in Human Biology)

 



 

 

The idea of robotic friendship was modernized and digitized as mobile phones started to incorporate the concept of the Smart Phone.  The concept of  mobile Internet has flourished in recent decades with cellphones that have a web browser, but today's cellphones are futuristic cyborgs that have apps that run our daily lives.  The idea of calling someone has been replaced by texting, video and images. 

 

Problems and Stresses of Modern Digital Devices

 

 

 

 

• We spend our day waiting for a reply or watching facebook and twitter updates. 

 

• Movie theaters, business meetings, restaurants and even libraries have been filled with a digital orchestra of notification sounds from Smartphones and Blackberries. 

 

• Attention in class has been compromised by always having your phone with you.  Remembering to turn your cell to mute has become a daily task and stress. 
 
 
• Life has its own problems, but having to worry about someone texting you back all day has become a problem of its own. 

 

• We are so interconnected with our Androids and IPhones that most of our daily lives are now spent digitally.  Spending time with family is not the same, as everyone has digital matters to stress about (email, texting, etc.) 

 

• We meet with our friends and loved ones, but at the same time we are absent minded. 

 

 
• We have become one with the world wide web as our mobile devices sit in our pocket or purse. 

 

• Our DNA is not complete without our digital devices, they complete our daily brain functions, compiling our have-to-do lists and music. 

 

• Today remembering phone numbers is a thing of the past; even remembering someone's email address has become a complicated matter.  Everything is automated, so keeping track of passwords and user named is another stress. 

 

• Fun boardgames like Connect Four, Sorry, Life and Trivial Pursuit are entertainment of the past; we are looking towards our digital devices as the current outlet for fun and bonding with friends.   

 

 



 

 

Questions:

 

1. Has our involvement with social media actually made us less social out in the world?
2. In your opinion: What are the pros and cons of using modern technology?
3. What do you think about Robots and Interactive Companionship?