There have never been more ways for us to ＂communicate＂ than what we may have today as we keep developing new technologies that allow us with alternative forms of interaction other than face-to-face conversation. Ou...There have never been more ways for us to ＂communicate＂ than what we may have today as we keep developing new technologies that allow us with alternative forms of interaction other than face-to-face conversation. Our age indeed distinguishes itself by its ever more rapid transformations in the kinds of mediation for such encounters. But, especially when they are new, technologies may deeply affect how we see the world, our communities, our relationships, and ourselves. For, as people usually respond to new media with much excitement as well as a big amount of confusion, and these media may conduct to social and cultural reorganization, they should as well incite more sober reflections about such changes before they become so taken for granted to appear as almost ＂invisible＂展开更多
文摘There have never been more ways for us to ＂communicate＂ than what we may have today as we keep developing new technologies that allow us with alternative forms of interaction other than face-to-face conversation. Our age indeed distinguishes itself by its ever more rapid transformations in the kinds of mediation for such encounters. But, especially when they are new, technologies may deeply affect how we see the world, our communities, our relationships, and ourselves. For, as people usually respond to new media with much excitement as well as a big amount of confusion, and these media may conduct to social and cultural reorganization, they should as well incite more sober reflections about such changes before they become so taken for granted to appear as almost ＂invisible＂
