TECHNOLOGY’S IMPACT ON COMMUNICATION

Rezina Brutus-Foulkes

History of Communication

1900-1920’s 1960’s-1980’s

1990’s-2000

• 1st television broadcast

• 1st commercial television began.

• Color television broadcast standards are set

• 1st Satellite information sent back to earth.

• "Telestar I", a satellite, first beamed television programs

• Intel 4004 for the computer, that could be programmed.

• 1st VCR with the VHS (instead of Beta) format.

• Television began to be broadcast in Stereo.

• High Definition TV standards agreed.

• Intel introduces the Pentium III processor, taking personal computing to new highs.

• 1st wireless communication of human speech

• 1st broadcast radio station

Development of Communication

1920’s-1950’s

2000-Present

Smartphones- Android, Iphone, HTC

Social Networking- Facebook, Twitter, Instagram & Tumblr

Video Chat- OoVoO, Skype, iChat

Broadband Internet Connection

Communication Technologies and Education

Blackboard

Smartboard- Visually Impaired

FM Transmittors-Hearing Impaired

Braille-Visually Impaired

Communication Technologies and Business

Computer: Storing important files

E-mail: Allows businesses to communicate quickly & formally

Blackberries: Easy to work from home

Skype (Web Chat): Long distant business meetings

How I Use Technology to Communicate

Smartphone-Call &Text

Social Networking- Facebook &Tumblr

Video Chat-Skype & OoVoO

Social Media Impacts

Privacy is constantly at risk

Can reflect poorly

Cyber bullying made possible

Allows possibility of cheating

Maintains false relationships

Future Technology

• Holographic cell phones• Elimination of house land

line

• “Virtual Presence” is a possibility – High Speed scanning

Questions

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