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What will Communication Technology landscape look like in 2023 A.D?

By: Andrea Wooden

Taking a look into the future

The Future of Technology

Technology as we know it is constantly taking on change. It seems like almost everyone has a television, a cell phone or even a video gaming system within their household. Technology is something that we cannot do without. There are hospital staffs and their patients relying on modern technology to help predict what is wrong with them in hopes of helping them find a cure to the problems, children wanting to watch their favorite cartoons on the television and also wanting to play their favorite video games.

Within my project, I have chosen to speak about “Roger’s Diffusion of Innovations”, “Uses of Gratification Theory” and “The Principle of Relative Constancy” and also provide pictures of what communication technology will look like in the future.

Roger’s Diffusion of InnovationsRoger’s Diffusion of Innovations- This theory explains how an innovation is communicated over time through different channels to members of a social system. (Grant and Meadows, p.26)

· Innovation is one of the approaches in Diffusion of Innovations. As technology changes, so does consumers and their buying decisions. Before they buy, most consumers look at what the latest features are within that technology and compare it to what they already have. They need to know if the new item is worth buying or if they should stick with what they have?• Another stage is reinvention. Computers just like

anything else become modern with day and age. Some computers we may look back and call them dinosaurs because they don’t move as fast as they do currently. I don’t believe that there was an option of great performance and speed until later. This is the reason consumers purchase computers, laptops and tablets because of the processor as well as the Megabytes or Gigabytes that their hard drive obtains

Uses and GratificationsUses and Gratifications is a descriptive approach that gives insight into what people do with technology. Most of the time, users are actively seeking to use different media to fulfill different needs. (Grant and Meadows, p.31)

There are different things that people do with the technology of their choice. When using a cellular phone, a person can talk, text, browse the internet, video calling and play games.• Having a cell phone is very useful. People like to play games on

their phones if they are at work and taking a break. Playing games on a cellular phone is something that people do until they are able to get home and play with their gaming system.

People like to play video games due to the change in their technology. When I was growing up, I had an Atari 5200. I love that gaming system. My next one was a Super Nintendo because my brother had the Nintendo. It seems like every time some new invention came out; my parents went out and got it for us.

• Texting is a great tool to have. If you’re at work, there may be a time when you want to reach out to someone and can’t use the company phone, sending a message is a great way to stay connected and communicate without getting caught or possibly fired.

• There are Social sites that many people visit that have ways that a person can keep in contact with another person. Twitter, Facebook and Instagram are just a couple of sites that help keeps people up to date with what is going on with their loved one.

Years ago, people didn’t have the option of choosing these sites to stay connected, they had to use their home phones to make long distance phone calls or either buy a calling card so that the long distance charges didn’t apply on their phone records.

The Principle of Relative Constancy

In the Principle of Relative Constancy most people spend a constant fraction of their disposable income on mass media over time.

(Grant and Meadows, p.33)

A lot of the times people like to “keep up with the Joneses” and purchase newer technology that hits the market. There have been times where you would see people standing in long lines at a store waiting to get inside to purchase the newly publicized invention.

Times are changing and people know it. Most of us can’t operate what we already have, let alone go out and buy a newer component to get use too. I guess it’s in people’s nature or just an impulse buy at the moment. All of us have guilty pleasures and I believe that pleasure isn’t being met without buying the latest and greatest technologies that hit the scene.

What the future holds

For better security, typing in a pin code to unlock your handset is all well and good, but it feels a bit old-fashioned to us. Google has experimented with facial recognition and Motorola has dabbled with fingerprint unlocking on the Atrix, but so far manufacturers have made very little effort when it comes to enhancing security on your phone.

These days, retina scanning and fingerprint ID are possible, meaning that your phone - and the secrets contained within - are better protected. As phones become virtual wallets, the need for beefier security is going to become a prime concern for networks, banks and mobile users.

http://www.knowyourmobile.com/makes/19986/smartphones-2023-where-mobile-technology-heading



What the future holds cont...Google Glass is almost with us and both Samsung and Apple are supposed to be working on “smartwatches”, which should give you a clear indication that wearable tech is going to be massive in 2013 and 2014. There’s a very real chance that in the not-too-distant future, mobile phones will cease to be something you slip into your pocket but will instead become an object which is secured to your person at all times - ensuring that you’re totally connected, every second of the day.

http://www.arikhanson.com/2013/03/27/google-glass-why-it-wont-go-mainstream-until-2023/






Conclusion

In this class, I have learned a great deal about Communication Technology, how they operate and will continue to operate in the near future.

The future of Communication Technology is on the rise with bigger and better things to bring to the face of America and abroad. Most of the technology that we have today; we label them as being “high tech”. With the number of years that we have to wait until the upcoming new releases, we anticipate the day that more change is brought about within the technology market.

Just like everything, technology will continue to age progress to the newer generation. Before you know it, everyone will start to seem likethey're living in the Star Trek Era.

We all are adaptable to change. Until the products of the future hits the markets, preparing ourselves for the change that is ahead of us is just something else that we have to sit down and figure out while reading about them on the internet.

Works Cited

Grant, A.E., & Meadows, J. H. (2012). Communication Technology Update and

Fundamentals (13 ed.). New York, NY: Focal Press





