Blog Assignment #1

Communication is the basis of human interaction. Communication allows us to share ideas, collaborate, educate, and form relationships. Communication comes in many forms. My opinion is the accessibility for different mediums of communication and the speed and distance in which we can communicate benefits the human race as a whole.

 In the past, the mediums of communication were limited. Human contact, oral speech, and body language were the main mediums for expressing ideas and communicating between humans throughout history. This era of history in terms of communication is considered the ‘pre-agricultural society’ stage, as noted in the slideshows. As we have developed through the years, so have our mediums for communication. Written forms of communication were created during the ‘agricultural society’ stage, but were limited to the ‘elite’ class. The ‘industrial society’ stage brought upon the printing press, along with literacy across a majority of the masses. The ‘information society’ stage has brought upon the most diverse mediums of communication.

 From radio, to the telephone, to the internet, these mediums have made communication easier and quicker among humans across the planet. Technology and the development of human discovery has made communication more accessible than ever, which I believe has only made the human race more intelligent and efficient in terms of production, growth, and diversity.

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  1. yiting_chungJune 12, 2019 at 5:09 PM

    Hi Jacob,

    It is mind blowing to think back about how people used to live without the technologies we have now. Blessed the engineers and the scientists for these inventions. Great work!

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  2. AngelicaJune 12, 2019 at 7:30 PM


    Hi Jacob,
    Very nice and well written post. I always think about how technology has drastically revolutionized how we communicate with others, and has made us an increasingly connected society. Having parents who immigrated to the US from Nigeria in the late 90s, I grew up seeing them purchase international calling cards to call family overseas. Now, they can simply dial their number on a smartphone and call them! Overall, I'm really grateful to be living in an age where technology is playing an important role in connecting and unifying the globe in many ways.
    -Angelica Arinze

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  3. Jamal JacksonJune 12, 2019 at 8:20 PM

    Hello Jacob,
    Your blog post was very interesting and I agree with it 100%. Technology has definitely indeed changed pretty much the way we do any and everything. Before the use of technology, everything was pretty much set in stone and standard and one way to do everything and now with the coming of technology, you can do anything any type of way now.

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