From session 5 onwards, we would be going into more in-depth discussions on specific issues that have brought about world change. The topic that we have covered this week was Information and Communication Technologies and how it has affected the world. Certain areas that we looked at included the mass media, internet and interactive telecommunication.
Our class started off with a viewing of a clip which focused on the possibilities of interactive telecommunications at present. Among other things, the clip presented the idea of being able to hold up a document to a web-cam or other related device and it would then be able to recognize the document and take a scan. However I feel that this might not be very practical in future context. Even today, most companies are moving towards the digitalizing of their files, doing away with additional paper work and the bulk that comes along with it. As such this might not be such a feasible implementation.
The one that I felt was very relevant was “Cloud Computing”. From the point of view of a business, this would mean having to do away with mainframe servers and moving towards internet based servers. Therefore, corporate executives would be able to excess information and run related software where ever they might be as long as they have an internet access. In the recent years, we have seen the sales of storage devices that have been steadily growing larger in capacity, from gigabytes to terabytes. However, I feel that as the concept of “Cloud Computing” starts to trickle down to the mainstream consumers, we would gradually see the idea of “cloud-based” storage spaces start to grow increasingly popular and eventually the fall in demand for devices such as hard drives altogether.
One point I felt could have been discussed more in class was how advances in ICT might help the people in developing countries.
Personal Rating: 8/10
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