Having devoured week 1 & 2 readings and ilectures for this course (web101) I am more aware and reflective of the saturation of media that intrudes into our lives from the Internet and technology in general.
The sudden trend of families reliance (dare I say addiction almost) to technology within our homes. Dad's on the mobile talking business all night. Mums on facebook checking out who Jenny Longbottom remarried. Amber is texting while doing her homework and Billy is on the PS3 with some kid (i hope it's a kid) who lives across the other side of Australia.
No one is connecting anymore. I have been reading about a few social experiments that people are conducting in their own homes, you know the ones where all devices are removed for 6 weeks / 6 months. After the initial DT's and tantrums subside (and that's just mum and dad). People start connecting on a more personal level, the intervention of TV's, mobile phones and laptops is removed and people start relying on one another for interaction. Got me thinking about introducing a one night a week moratorium on all technology for us. Maybe a board game a book and some connection the old fashioned way. I'm not saying to wipe it all together or that it's all bad (Gosh i am the biggest tech floosie in our house). I'm just thinking i would like to try and strike a balance
I was also thinking about the way in which the Internet has inadvertently brought about a level of accountability in communication that we have not seen before. This includes me in my home or politicians in Canberra (who can forget "Utegate").
You can't play dumb anymore (and I was really getting good at that) and just blame Australia post for that cheque that you really sent last month. If your working with the Internet to communicate with people or pay bills or snooping around for whatever reason just remember every click can be traced, every site you visited is cached, every version of that website you may have created as a joke is recorded out there somewhere.
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