Culture on New Technology

*What Kind of Culture Influences Through Technology You Can See Today?

These days, we are influenced by the digital world and we are slowly develop on the digital culture without noticing it. The influences through technology that can be seen clearly is that people nowadays want things to go and move fast that they can't even wait a single minute. The technology is making our live much easier than before but it is slowly getting to make a huge role in human life day by day. A lot of program or device have been created by people for the past decades such as cellphone, computer and PDA. Now, almost every work can be done through Internet and that is what we called digital culture. From communicate to our friends until paying the electric bills, almost everything can be done on the Internet nowadays. Even people now start talking about having a digital culture style of learning as we can see student submitting their works, doing their assignments and downloading notes just through their phone and personal computers. For the moment, attending the lecture class and submitting works to the lecturer still cannot be done through the Internet. People socializing, playing games and working through this technology and gradually people are more connected with each other via Internet based technology.

The online television player that replaces normal television.

Using e-mails to send information instead of writing mails.

Banking matter such as transfer fund and bill payment can be made online without going to the bank.

Discussing things through forum.

Instead of meet up and have conversation face to face, people prefer to send instant messages. 

So, it is so true that Internet has slowly becoming the basis of people's life. We are revolving into the new culture that is digital culture.

* Is there a possibility to reshape the (new) culture today via new technology, how

There is every chance to change the culture that slowly influencing our life nowadays. New technologies can be create in the future to reshape back our culture before it becomes much worse. For example, big software companies can create a software to limit the time for kid spend to play games on their computers.

MLC Class Week 11

The class last Monday is about technology and media. We watched four videos which basically tell about the uses of iPhone and I think it was really cool..the class was also look in a full house that day..don't know why..haha.. ^_^

Media Imperialism

Based on my reading on wikipedia the third part of The Power of Nightmare: The Shadows in the Cave, tells us about the actual emergence of al-Qaeda that the Curtis makes a specific attemp to allay fears of a dirty bomb attack, and concludes by reassuring viewers that politicians will eventually have to concede that some threats are exaggerated and others altogether devoid of reality.

Media imperialism is not always an international occurrence. However, a form of Imperialism is also in the meaning of when a single company or corporation controls all the media in a country. Nation such as Italy and Canada are often accused of possessing an Imperial media structure, based on the fact that much of their media is controlled by one corporation or owner. US and UK for example have seen as the powerful nations used the media to create bad perception and accusations to show power.

A media source which ignores and/or censors important issues and events severely damages freedom of information. Many modern tabloid, twenty-four hour news channels and other mainstream media sources have increasingly been criticized for not confirming to general standards of journalistic intergrity.

MLC Class Week 10

Seem like there was no one in the class this morning..half of the class was dissapeared..the main reason for this to happen is because of the Design Fundamental assessment that will be held the next day..everyone were concentrated on their project..so,it was a bit bore and sleepy that morning.. ^_^

Media Effect on Internet

McLuhan was the person who responsible in invented this tetrad of media. As you can see,there are 4 human action that affected the medium of media that is enhances, reverses, retrieves and obsolesces. There are many type of medium and I choose to elaborate about Internet.

From what that I've been research on, Internet is a global network of interconnected computers, enabling users to share information along multiple channels. Normally, a computer that connects to the Internet can access information from a vast array of available servers and other computers by moving information from them to the computer's local memory. The same connection allows that computer to send information to servers on the network; that information is in turn accessed and potentially modified by a variety of other interconnected computers. A majority of widely accessible information on the Internet consists of inter-linked hypertext documents and other resources of the World Wide Web (WWW). Sent and received information with web browsers typically can be manage by computer users ; other software for users' interface with computer networks includes specialized programs for electronic mail, online chat, file transfer, file transfer and file sharing. 

Effect: Advantages and Disadvantages

Internet has brought a very huge effect on the society and exceed beyond the expectation. Currently, just a few seconds is needed for us to communicate with people from different area of the world. Plus, it's easier and cheaper compared to the traditional methods. Internet also made it easier for us to find any kind of information just about every known to human being and it is very practical. Internet was the greatest gift ever for us.

However, Internet offers pornographic sides which perhaps the biggest threat to a kid's mental life. It is the most serious issue concerning the Internet. There are thousands of pornographic sites on the Internet that can be easily found and can be a detrimental factor to letting children use the Internet. Though, internet can also create havoc, destruction and its misuse can be very fatal, the advantages of it outweigh its disadvantages.

MLC CLass Week 9

hmm..actually class this week is ok..but I fell sleepy..I don't know why..maybe because I stay late the night before..anyway, Mr. Radzi, congratulations for the good job in informing us about the works and assignment..the way you handle the students were very well.. ^_^

Obscenity, Pornography and Indecency

Obscenity word did come from the French obscenite or Latin obscenitas (Dictionary) at the late of 16th century. It brings a meaning of the state or quality of being obscene. The obscene over here can be define in terms of behaviour, language or image as it is very universal. However, it is usually use in the way of extremely offensive word or an expression. Pornography on the other hand, is printed or visual material containing explicit description or display of sexual organs or activity intended to stimulate erotic rather than aesthetic or emotional feelings. The word itself origin mid 19th century from Greek word 'Pornographos' that means writing about prostitutes that came from porne 'prostitutes+graphien 'write' (Dictionary). Finally, indecency refers to indecent behaviour that occurs in form of indecent acts, gesture or expression.

MLC Class Week 8

WOW!It's cool man..the class only lasted for around 30 minutes I think..we all left the class after Mr. Radzi finished his briefing for the new assignment..long live Mr. Radzi.. ^_^