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Technologies and Society
In 21st century, people try to develop more advanced technologies in order to improve and enhance their living standard. Internet and cyberculture are one of the obvious improvements that make our life much easier and quicker. However, are they really helpful or just make our society even worse? In the story ¡°Fast Forward: Technologically Enhanced Aggression¡± by Deborah Tannen and ¡°Virtuality and Its Discontents¡± by Sherry Turkle, both essays offer a perspective on technologies, specially cyberculture and Internet use, and how are they relate and influence to our society.
Internet use and Cyberculture improve our daily life basis. They make our lives much easier and quicker. Both authors agree on it. Ms. Tannen mentions in her essay, ¡°An advantage of e-mail is its efficiency: The reporter was able to send his ides without taking the time to walk to another floor and talk face to face¡¡± The invention of e-mail helps people transmitting messages, ideas, reports and even letters much faster than we used to be. Also, no matter how far we are separated from each other, a greeting from one person to another will be delivered with five minutes. It¡¯s a smart way to save our time and energy. Ms. Turkle on the other hand, she is also saying that a creation of virtual world, like ¡°MUDs¡± is great, ¡°Within this world, people will find their self-image in which they cannot in the real life.¡± Ms. Turkle explains that young teenagers and adults often feel stressful and depressible. They are competing and struggling in order to survive in a real society. Reality is too tough for them to handle. Therefore, people create cyberculture. It is a place where young teenagers and adults can find their ¡°self-image¡±, create their new life, and relax themselves.
Even though Internet use and cyberculture enhance living life, but there is a doubt. Ms. Tannen doubts that virtual world is none-living and unrealistic, ¡°At first this...
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