Blog 2- Fears and Hopes

With any new thing that hits the world, like new technologies, people have both hopes and fears. With e-mailing, instant messaging, and facebook people are able to be in contact with loved ones more, which obviously, make people happy and gives people hope in technology. Technology is being advanced every day and new CMCs are being developed. So much new technology is making people fearful that we are becoming too dependent on technology. I know that I am pretty dependent on my cell phone, laptop, and internet sites like facebook. I always need to have my phone with me in case I get a call or a text message. While I don’t see the problem with being dependent upon technology, some people think it’s dangerous. New technologies that are able to pinpoint where you are or sites where one may overshare about them selves scare some people because they believe this interferes with our privacy. People are also becoming worried that human to human reaction will soon be nonexistent. Adults were also becoming worried with the growing amount of porn on the internet and were/still are very worried about children and online predators. In cases like this, CMCs are able to help navigate us through these new technologies. Parents can set up security on their computers so they can protect their children. With every new product there are pros and cons but it’s how we handle them that really matters.