Some weeks ago, I was video chatting with my friends off my iPhone. When my grandma walked in, she stared at me. She seemed amazed at the fact that a tiny, 4-inch device is capable of doing marvelous things, such as letting me video chat with anyone at any given moment. To a teenager now, being able to do things such as video chat is normal. To people like my grandma, it’s revolutionary. Currently I have an iPhone 5, an Xbox 360, and a laptop; I am a strong believer that communication is very important to us. It is clear that everyone in today’s society people use some sort of communication. Communication has been around for as long as we can remember and it has affected society drastically. According to Webster’s Dictionary, communication …show more content…
Pictograms was the next step in the evolution of communication. The difference between rock painting and pictograms was that rock art would show an event, but pictograms would tell a story about a concept, or event. Pictograms has been around since 6,000 BC and has been used by many cultures.
The next type of communication was ideograms. According to “The Origin of the Typographic Form,” the term "ideogram" is commonly used to describe logographs in writing systems such as Egyptian hieroglyphs and Chinese characters. Ideograms are a graphical symbol that represent an idea. For example, if you saw a circle, it could represent the sun with abstract concepts such as daytime, light, and God of Sun. Where as compared to cave art or pictograms, you will be incapable of understanding the concept. Ideograms have universal ideas and was used very often around 5000
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It’s hard to believe how drastic the cell phone has evolved. It’s hard to believe that when the first cell phone was made it was only capable of making simple phone calls, only if you have signal. Today, phones such as the iPhone 6 and the Galaxy S5, are capable of doing infinite things, such as texting, long distant call, GPS, locate anything, surf the web, download countless of apps filled with games, video chat, and many more. Today’s cell phone could even speak to you, understand you, and whatever you command, it does. Yes the cell phone is such a power tool; however, it didn’t start off like that. When the cell phone was accessible for the US, people were so amused at the fact that a simple device can make short distant calls. According to the FCC, “In spite
Technology has changed people’s communication greatly. Technology hurts human communication because it separates bonds, and people don’t know how to do face to face talking anymore.
Communication used to be a face-to-face, interpersonal interaction, but the modern world’s technology was fabricated numerous methods of communication that do not necessitate geographical proximity. These methods are referred to as telecommunication. It is no longer necessary to be standing next to, or even remotely near someone, in order to communicate with them, due to the fact that telecommunication makes it possible to exchange information regardless of physical distance. All of these modern technological advances such as cell phones, email, and social media, have an enormous role in shaping the way that we communicate and live. While there are plenty of advantages that telecommunication has brought to the human race, excessive use of technology has many detrimental effects on interpersonal communication and should be limited and taken much more
In today 's modern world, there is a great buzz around the latest and greatest in technology. One such massively important gadget, is the cellular telephone. In the last decade or so, cell phones have gotten smaller and smaller, as well as larger in popularity. It is difficult to go anywhere without seeing a person on a cell phone, or using a cell phone in some fashion. Contrary to popular belief, cell phones are not a "god-send" in my opinion, and looking at the facts, the world would be better off without them. As all of the following evidence shows, people would be safer, healthier and perhaps even smarter, without the presence of cell phones.
Cellphones are most common in society. The ease of access allows us to have the world at our fingertips 24 hours a day and we never have to unplug. We can surf the web, book a flight, check the weather, and message a friend 1000 miles away without leaving our bed.
The ancient Egyptians created a form of communication by creating symbols that were put together into words, called hieroglyphs. They represented both objects and ideas, and were enscripted and carved on walls of temples and pyramids, usually made by the pharaoh to show laws, rules, or announcements. This type of writing held secret messages, and was hard to decode. The hieroglyphic system used in ancient Egypt had around 750 basic symbols, called glyphs. At first they used picture writing, and the pictures represented an object, pictograms, but later the pictures represented ideas, known as ideograms. At last, the pictures represented both objects and ideas, but also the sound of a word. Each picture was formed by a unique sound and image.
Communication technology is a tool which allows the technology for communication. This technology has a tremendous impact on the communication process. It has changed the face of the entire communication process in today’s world. Technology has revolutionized the way people communicate, linking humans in a real-time network across the globe. However, technology has also changed communication in many ways, and some of them are not for the better. While some of these negative effects are relatively minor, in some cases they have had profound effects on the lives and well-being of the
Cell phones are so much more than just an electronic. They are huge parts of our personal welfare. Cell phones are used to call for help, make appointments, contact loved ones, set reminders, and so much more. If you get lost somewhere, you have navigation right there in
The first way art changed was when humans began to develop a system of agriculture. This ensured that humans did not have to move place to place, which gave them time to focus on other things (though it prevented them from making frequent cave paintings, as they no longer needed the caves to dwell in). Weapons were easier to make, and come across, although the types of weapons changed, along with the kind of materials and metals they were made from. In Paleolithic times, people used flint, hunting spears, and even animal bones as weapons. When the Neolithic period began, they used blades, hammers, and chisels instead. They used these as their tools for farming and hunting, as they no longer needed to worry about being so accessible to predators. As Neolithic people no longer had to search for food and water, they needed items to carry the things they collected back to their villages. This is when pottery becomes popular, not only to carry the people’s items but also to advertise their beliefs through religion.
Today, communication is taken for granted as almost everything is at the touch of our finger tips. We are no longer limited to how we can send messages like in people the 1800s. Today we have, more or less, perfected the technology and capability to communicate with others. Sending a message to one recipient or a mass of people is now simple, digital, and instantaneous. It is amazing to think about how we had to rely on
Art and recording history have been going hand and hand for many years. One of the many first parts of history, that was recorded as art its self was the "Lion Panel" in Chauvet Cave in, France. The artist of this painting is unknown. However, with recorded history, they do know that it was done in the upper Paleolithic period. This painting is not just only a work of art. It tells us or in a way captures a piece of how that time was, and what was meaningful to the artist at that time. When it comes to history it tells us about what animals were around, by the how well they were drawn. We find out the kind things and tools they used by the medium that they used to paint the cave paintings. What is the most surprising is the way they drew the
The cell phone originated for mainly the wealthy aristocrats like movie stars, professional ball players, and business elite, but as the years go by cell phones became more accessible to the common people. While the cell phones purpose to the common folk was mainly for emergencies quickly spiraled into the leading cause of injury and death amongst young adults. Over 60% of all traffic related accidents are due to drivers being distracted by a cell phone. Just recently there was a teenaged driver that was distracted by texting on his cell phone while driving and hit a church bus
There is much debate about how modern technology has affected the way we communicate and if it has improved or been detrimental to the art of communication. In the 21st century, the human race has more ways to communicate than ever before. This includes the use of the internet, the mobile phone, television and radio, as well as written and spoken communication. With all these methods, why do some argue that the art of communication has been lost? This essay will discuss how the internet has affected this art but it has not been lost but simply modified.
The cell phone today can do just about anything needed, and is an outstanding improvement from when the first cell phone was invented. Major improvements such as its appearance, and its overall usefulness and capability. Though the first cell phone was an extreme breakthrough for modern technology at the time, the technological advancement today has made the cell phone not only extremely handy, but considered by most as a necessity. Only time can tell what future cell phones will be like and how we can compare them to the way we use them
I’m going to try and start right from the beginning here. When we think of data communication nowadays, we think of digital information. We live in a world where technology is so abundant, that we couldn’t possibly imagine what life would be like without it. I’m not talking about having to write letters, or use the telephone exchange, I’m talking about the beginning. Before there was data communication, there was simply communication. So much about our evolution is unknown, that we can’t simply piece together the entire history of communication, but we as humans today do have a brief understanding of how our species learnt to communicate, and how this has shaped our world today. One of the first methods of communication (besides verbal) was paintings. Painting (or drawing in general) is one of the earliest methods of communication, and is still very prominent to this day. The act of turning thoughts or ideas into a physical representation develops in humans at a very young age, and is the main form of communication used by babies up until they can speak. In my person opinion, painting isn’t a the best form of communication today, as writing is far easier to understand. Painting is useful if you wish to convey your ideas through the use of metaphors, but the practicality of using it today as a direct method of communication is limited. The next big advancement in communication was the development of writing. Writing was developed in two stages. The first forms of writing were
Since the beginning of the industrial revolution, the world has become a smaller place. The time used to travel to far distances has diminished; with the growth of new technologies, traveling and communicating have become simple daily tasks for many people. Through the growth of global communication, people have become closer to others across the globe, and business has gone world wide. One invention that came along with the technological revolution is the cell phone. Cell phones allow us to be reachable anywhere at anytime, letting us communicate even during travel. As time becomes more valuable for people, the importance of accessibility to communication also increases. With cell phones, the communication and