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of the future, or is it now trademarks of everyday life? Today in 2002 peoples
lives seem so interconnected with the ways that technology has been able to
bridge the gap in communications. Fifty years ago, you had limited options,
sending mail from the post office (which today has been labeled "snail mail") or
calling them. We now have a wide variety of communication devices accessible to
us so that we are never out of touch. Multimedia, Television, and internet bring
into our homes images of violence, sex, ideals, and everything that is out there in
the world. One of the current issues that has been approached is "Is there to
much information accessible to us?" Since we are overwhelmed with so much
information, scenes of sex, violence, and also by ways of communication, we are
slowly loosing the sensors of right and wrong, everything is becoming almost like
a video game. Compared to fifty years ago, America today is facing a whole new
set of problems that was not even a consideration or a thought of Americans of
yesteryear. Morals, communication, society’s beliefs, trends, value of life, and
. . .
difference. Companies are bought and sold,
and people’s work and time are disregarded. Also instant
connections, meetings online, and business conferences grouped by real player
multimedia.
The ideal 1950s mom dad and kid have been replaced with mom, step-dad: dad
and girl friend, half brother etc.
From email, to computers, to chat rooms; it’s how people meet and interact with
each other now. People jump from job to job and
job security is almost non existent. The benefits of today include: more freedom, never losing touch
w/someone, and having more time to be w/your family. 50
years ago there were movies about space, and aliens and what not. Now they can
download streaming media of sex. Society really doesn’t have any idea what we are in store for. How does this affect people? Violence, and the
reality of movies now, with special affects makes real, almost not real. With benefits come
downfalls such as: lack of privacy. We do not reflect the utopia that people from 1952 may
have imagined for us with flying cars, ray guns, and life in space.
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