According to our web lecture, the pervasive communication enviornment in which we live influences all aspects of group and team communication. It gives us the ability to access, create, and share information in multimedia from almost anywhere, at anytime, for any reason. It gives us multiple access points to an integrated communication structure with text, audio, video, and voice capabilities.
It's amazing how new communication technology has formed and how much we rely on it. As said in the lecture, it's more than just chatting with your friend in Hong Kong while stuck in Chicago Traffic. We're able to meet new people online and even create a meaningful relationship with someone we do not know online. We're able to work from home...not only by email but by enabling "video chat" where we can show whomever we're talking to what EXACTLY we're doing. We can give them a play by play of what we're doing so that they feel involved. I feel that the pervasiv communication enviornment we live in is only going to get worse because I know that without technology for even a couple of hours, I feel completely lost. I went camping with my cousins a few years ago and I remember that my cousin told me, "Sarah, there will be no source of communication while we're in the mountains". I told her it shouldn't be a problem...I"m on vacation anyway. Boy was it a problem! I wasn't able to call ANYONE! I had such a hard time not being able to text or chat away...and that doesn't even begin to describe how I felt as the week went by.
I hope that our society doesn't get too involved in technology because by the way I see it now, it's only going to get worse.
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Hi Sarah,
We have indeed become very dependent on technology. If something goes down at my company (email, server, whatever), everyone becomes completely inept.
You commented on not being able to cope without technology while you were on vacation. I, too, could not stand going without cell phone or internet use for an extended period of time. However, I must say that I love being on a plane, because you are forced to put away your technological devices. When I travel for work, it's so nice to have a reprieve from phone calls and emails for a few hours.
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