Week 1- Response to content

The evolution of the cell phone

New communication technologies have both positive and negative effects on people on a daily basis.
There a many different aspects but the most frequently ones are:


Positive:
- People are easier to contact
- People express their opinion to a further extent
- News and stories reaches the public more rapidly


Negative:
- People tend to social network instead of social gatherings/activities (especially kids).
- People pretend that they're someone they're not (Soft-spoken persons promotes themselves as tougher then they would've been in real life, which also can be positive in some scenarios) 
- Statements and actions performed on social networks are treated like real life actions (for example British kids sentenced to 4 years in prison for arranging an event on Facebook to get people to riot in London) link


It's quite scary how much communication has evolved the last 10 years. Especially when it comes to social media. All people has to do nowadays is just to click on their phone, tablet or computer and they can reach pretty much everyone in some way, unless people are without a gadget. If this is the case now, what will it be like in 30 years? That's a scary thought. In the attached video clip there is a scene from the popular Disney/Pixar movie 'Wall-E' which gives an exaggerated(or is it?) example of what can happen in the future (fast-forward to 1.00 minute into the clip). Do you think that this could be the future of mankind? I pray to God that it's not.


Bibliography:
http://www.dailysquib.co.uk/world/2922-four-year-prison-sentences-for-every-british-facebook-user.html