Cellphones- The Publication of the Private Sphere.
Cellphones- The publication of the private sphere
Do cellphones represent an increasing propensity of new media and technoculture to invade and erode the private sphere?
When are you ever alone? Even in our homes we are surrounded by devices that link our private realm to the outside world, including things like phones, T.V, email and the internet.
Cellphones along with the advent of phenomena like reality T.V raise questions of whether we are moving away from the idea of seperate private and public domains, and into an era when all parts of peoples lives are constantly accessible.
Also raises questions of our growing dependence on new technology. Most people reading this ( I include myself in this) probably cannot even conceive social life without a phone. It has for many become their primary form of communication with friends and family, particularly since the advent of texting. Anyone else get that feeling of being outcasted from social circles when you have no credit?
But as recently as 5 years ago very few people had cellphones. The generation of young people that proceeded us didn’t even have the option of using cellphones and they got by just fine.
It is worrying , not that we so readily and quickly adopt this technology, but that we become so dependant on it. particularly when you look at it practically, it is something that we don’t really need.
The paradox of mobile phones is that they are something designed to bring people together, and facilitate communication. In reality it could be argued that they separate us and stifle conversation (at least in a conventional face to face sense.)
A mobile phone brings with it an inbuilt distance, it de personalises communication, people say things on texts they wouldn’t say face to face. Touching on the idea of virtual identities do we create text identities?
But why would we look at technologised communication as more artificial than a ‘real’ conversation. It is arguable that this simply provides a different take on conventional ideas of communication.
It could also be argued that mobile phones create a kind of echo chamber effect a cultural cocoon. You are just talking to same people, re enforcing what you already know. Cellphones can be looked at as a closed circle.
Quantity of communication versus quality. Habermas argues that we must reflect on and rationalise our decisions. Can we do this on cellphones or are they too spontaneous and instant?
Do cellphones represent an increasing propensity of new media and technoculture to invade and erode the private sphere?
When are you ever alone? Even in our homes we are surrounded by devices that link our private realm to the outside world, including things like phones, T.V, email and the internet.
Cellphones along with the advent of phenomena like reality T.V raise questions of whether we are moving away from the idea of seperate private and public domains, and into an era when all parts of peoples lives are constantly accessible.
Also raises questions of our growing dependence on new technology. Most people reading this ( I include myself in this) probably cannot even conceive social life without a phone. It has for many become their primary form of communication with friends and family, particularly since the advent of texting. Anyone else get that feeling of being outcasted from social circles when you have no credit?
But as recently as 5 years ago very few people had cellphones. The generation of young people that proceeded us didn’t even have the option of using cellphones and they got by just fine.
It is worrying , not that we so readily and quickly adopt this technology, but that we become so dependant on it. particularly when you look at it practically, it is something that we don’t really need.
The paradox of mobile phones is that they are something designed to bring people together, and facilitate communication. In reality it could be argued that they separate us and stifle conversation (at least in a conventional face to face sense.)
A mobile phone brings with it an inbuilt distance, it de personalises communication, people say things on texts they wouldn’t say face to face. Touching on the idea of virtual identities do we create text identities?
But why would we look at technologised communication as more artificial than a ‘real’ conversation. It is arguable that this simply provides a different take on conventional ideas of communication.
It could also be argued that mobile phones create a kind of echo chamber effect a cultural cocoon. You are just talking to same people, re enforcing what you already know. Cellphones can be looked at as a closed circle.
Quantity of communication versus quality. Habermas argues that we must reflect on and rationalise our decisions. Can we do this on cellphones or are they too spontaneous and instant?
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