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Social Impact of Modern Technology : Report

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University of Adelaide

   

Community Engagement (GEOG 7005)

   

Added on  2020-02-24

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The presentation examines the Social Impact of Modern Technology and touches on some of the report's issues, including social networking, television effects, genetically modified foods, and the internet. The paper also discusses robotics, artificial intelligence, autonomy, and machine learning.

Social Impact of Modern Technology : Report

   

University of Adelaide

   

Community Engagement (GEOG 7005)

   Added on 2020-02-24

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Social Impacts of Technology1SOCIAL IMPACTS OF TECHNOLOGY by (Name)The Name of the Class (Course)Professor (Tutor)The Name of the School The City and StateThe Date
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Social Impacts of Technology2Table of Contents INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND...................................................................................................................3SOCIAL NETWORKING IMPACTS...............................................................................................................3TELEVISION IMPACTS..................................................................................................................................4GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD................................................................................................................4THE INTERNET...............................................................................................................................................5ROBOTICS, AI, AUTONOMOUS, AND MACHINE LEARNING..................................................................5CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS................................................................................................5References.......................................................................................................................................................................6
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Social Impacts of Technology3Social Impacts of Technology Introduction and BackgroundTechnology has both negative and positive social impacts. Technology allows people to overcome challenges such as space and time. For instance, the Internet, airplanes, ships, and cars enable people to meet, interact, and travel to overcome the challenges. Such technology solutionshave helped study other cultures, connect people from different places in the world, maintain families and friends, communicate, and develop social skills. Unfortunately, some technology aspects have caused distraction, stress, and isolation among other people. Clearly, technology hashad profound effects that can be either positive or negative. Today, society is experiencing a social revolution and it is critical to establish socially acceptable behavior in the context of technology (Bulton, et al. 2013). However, people are not yet concerned fully about the new social realities being created by the current digital interactions and what it means to society and individuals. As such, this report sees the need to examine the social impact of the modern technology (Gershenfeld, Brooks, & Mulloy 2015). Social Networking Impacts Human Kinetics (2010) book compiled some of the findings from Salaway 2008 studies of social networking and students. According to the study, the use of this technology has both negative and positive outcomes. For instance, it is possible to find a long lost friend in a social media platform and connect with them. Further, since the world has become mobile, people are living and working in different geographical locations, families, and friends can keep in touch through social media (Sawyer 2011). Yet, the same social networking aspect of technology has
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