Week 11 – A Background to Technological Determinism
Growing Apart or Growing Together
As technology has evolved over the years so has there been a
consistent trail of cultural changes that have also been effected along the way.
This relationship between culture and technology is hard to separate in term of
which one may have had the greater influence over the other (Murphie &
Potts 2003) and instead of taking sides in the debate of technological
determinism, I have acknowledged all that I have learnt this semester and have decided
to simply view culture and technology as one and look at the common factor,
which is the human element.
The statement, ‘as technology continues to evolve, so must our relationship with it‘ (COMM12022 week 11, 2015) reflects how diverse human culture is and the different levels that cultures may choose embrace technology resulting in a range of potential possibilities for human thought, expression and activity that makes up culture (Murphie & Potts 2003, p .13). Moreover, culture and the human requirements of society play a massive role in deciding which technologies are adopted and how they are implemented (Murphie & Potts 2003, p. 20). An example is the situation of the widening gap between our ageing population and technology advances in the workforce, here, the workplace requires technology for efficient practices whereas the older population having not grown up with technology may find it more difficult to adapt to a changing business world.
To maintain steady growth in society both technology and cultural habits need to evolve to together, as in the past the direct links can be seen where different technologies have influenced different periods of human experience (Crowley & Heyer 2011).
The statement, ‘as technology continues to evolve, so must our relationship with it‘ (COMM12022 week 11, 2015) reflects how diverse human culture is and the different levels that cultures may choose embrace technology resulting in a range of potential possibilities for human thought, expression and activity that makes up culture (Murphie & Potts 2003, p .13). Moreover, culture and the human requirements of society play a massive role in deciding which technologies are adopted and how they are implemented (Murphie & Potts 2003, p. 20). An example is the situation of the widening gap between our ageing population and technology advances in the workforce, here, the workplace requires technology for efficient practices whereas the older population having not grown up with technology may find it more difficult to adapt to a changing business world.
To maintain steady growth in society both technology and cultural habits need to evolve to together, as in the past the direct links can be seen where different technologies have influenced different periods of human experience (Crowley & Heyer 2011).
References
CQUniversity, COMM12022 course notes, Term 1, 2015, https://moodle.cqu.edu.au/course/view.php?id=216, 26 May 2015.
Crowley,
D & Heyer, P 2011, Communication in history technology, culture,
society sixth edition, Pearson Higher Education, Boston.
Murphie,
A & Potts, J 2003, Culture and technology,
Palgrave, New York.
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