ASSESS  THE  INFLUENCE  OF  LATEST  TECHNOLOGIES  ON  HUMAN  

COMMUNICATION  

PHILIPP  VON  BORRIES  BAREA  

COMMUNICATION  TECHNOLOGY  

COMMUNICATION  TECHNOLOGY  REFERS  TO  THE  ADVANCEMENT  IN  PRODUCTION,  DESIGN  AND  VARIATION  OF  GADGET  THAT  ENHANCE  COMMUNICATION.  THESE  

INCLUDE  COMPUTERS,  MOBILE  PHONES,  GPS  SYSTEMS  AND  TRACKING  DEVICES.  

COMMUNICATION  TECHNOLOGIES  GIVE  ME…  

•  HIGHER  LIFE  QUALITY  •  MORE  COMFORT  

•  FAST  COMMUNICATION  

•  AN  EASY  ACCESS  AND  EXCHANGE  OF  INFORMATION  

•  MORE  EFFICIENCY  

•  A  BETTER  OVERVIEW  OF  DATA  •  STORAGE  FOR  DATA  

THE  COMMUNICATION  INDUSTRY  HAS  WITNESSED  A  HUGE  GROWTH  IN  THE  LAST  

10  YEARS    

„Between  2013  and  2017,  mobile  phone  penetraQon  will  rise  from  61.1%  to  69.4%  of  the  global  populaQon“    

LATEST  TECHNOLOGIES  

SOCIAL  NETWORKING  HAS  OPENED  A  WHOLE  NEW  WORLD  TO  PEOPLE  

•  People  can  communicate  with  each  other  on  the  move.  

•  The  world  has  become  a  smaller  place,  since  no  one  is  out  of  reach  anymore.  

•  InformaQon  is  easily  accessable  and  exchangable  at  any  point.  

•  We  are  easily  reachable.  

•  We  are  more  networked  than  ever...  

The  number  of  communicaQon  technology    users  increases  every  year…  

COMMUNICATION  TECHNOLOGY  HAS  EVIDENTLY  MADE  OUR  LIFE  MORE  COMFORTABLE…  

HOWEVER,  IS  ALL  THIS  REALLY  GOOD  FOR  US?  

THE  BUTTERFLY  EFFECT  ON  THESE  GREAT  TECHNOLOGY  ADVANCES  CAUSE:      

•  ISOLATION  

•  ADDICTION                                    

•  DECLINING  WRITING  SKILLS  

•  LAZINESS  

•  IGNORANCE  

•  DETERIATED  PATIENCE  

•  LOSS  PYSICAL  INTERACTIVITY  

•  SHINESS    

•  NO  PRIVACY  

•  OVERSTIMULATION                    

HAS  THE  MOMENT  SOME  HAVE  FEARED  ARRIVED?  

PROFESSIONAL  STUDIES  REVEAL  EVEN  MORE  SCANDALOUS  CONSEQUENCES  

EVEN  THOUGH  WE  ARE  CONSCIOUS  ABOUT  THE    CONSEQUENCES  WE  KEEP  RELYING  AND  

DEPENDING  ON  COMMUNICATION  

TECHNOLOGY.  

COULD  WE  LIVE  WITHOUT  IT?