Communication Compass (Assignment one)

    What is the definition of digital communication?

The definition of digital communication is the way and how people interact has been changed forever.  Social media, texting, and portable connected devices have made it more important than ever to examine the way we interact digitally.  Technology itself is never good or bad, it is the way it's used that creates those categories.

 List 4 digital communication advantages and 4 disadvantages in your opinion:

advantages:
1. contact family members
2. make plans with friends to meet up
3. contact someone in case of emergency
4. call someone if you need help with something

disadvantages:
1. pervert tries to communicate with you
2. hackers
3. could call to meet up with a stranger and he kidnaps you
4. face time or snap chat pictures to someone who screenshots them and posts them somewhere's


What are the three most popular forms of digital communication today and why do you think they are popular?

The three most popular forms of digital communication today are social media, texting, and portable connected devices.  I think these are most popular because we use a lot apps today using social media to communicate with others and we also do a lot of texting to a lot of people throughout the day.  It is so easy to get someones number using social media then putting it into our portable connected devices and texting it that's also why I think these are the most important.

What three forms of digital communication may not be around much longer and why do you think they are going to disappear or become irrelevant?  

I predict that blackberry messaging may not be around much longer same as Email and landlines for home.  Not many people use blackberry's anymore and i think it will eventually just fade away also using Email is slowly becoming less used due to being able to just send a simple text or message.  Furthermore, I think due to cell phones most people will disconnect their landlines for home because the majority of the people just use their cell phones to contact each other now and house phones nowadays are basically useless when you have a phone you can carry around with you wherever you go.

Can you list five locations or scenarios in real life where you really SHOULD NOT be communicating digitally and suggest WHY?

Five scenarios in real life where you really should not be communication digitally would be when making a big announcement like telling your partner you are pregnant, that should be done face to face.  Also proposing to someone that should also be done face to face.  Another one would be when fighting with someone you should handle things together privately instead of posting about it everywheres to get more people involved.  Another one would be when asking someone out or asking someone to prom you should do it face to face to make things more realistic and special.  Finally another one would be I think people should keep their life problems off social media and not post about their breakups because nobody really cares about your breakup, if you need help go get help from a professional or get counselling instead of getting random people off facebook or online. Also a bad location for using your cell phone would be at a funeral, hospital visiting a loved one or when speaking to someone, its best not to be digitally communicating at these times to show respect and to not come off as rude.

Spend some time online researching dangerous digital communication then answer: In your mind which TWO forms of digital communication represent the greatest DANGER to your personal health and safety and why? 

Two dangerous situations in which you should never use digital communications include communicating (texting) in a vehicle while driving, and using social network sites in a harmful way such as cyber-bullying, or spreading viruses. These bring danger to your personal life both physically and emotionally. Both can be avoided with using the technology considerately at the right time and place.


Do you think human kids will continue to be more and more connected or will people eventually find their own healthy balance? Why? 

I believe over time, kids will eventually find a healthy balance for their lifestyle with technology. It may seem hard to see as of now, only because the online world is growing so fast, but I think kids will adapt to all the changes and be intelligent with how much they use it. It will only be so long before they see how addicted they are to technology before they smarten up and do something productive with their life.


When a person dies, is too sick or injured to communicate or for any other reason avoids all digital communication; what should happen to their accumulated online communications and records of internet activity? What is your solution to this growing problem? 

When a person is no longer able to update or keep in touch with their personal online communication, I think there must be something on their will that lets them choose what they want to happen to their accounts. If I were going to die, and knew I had to make a choice about what I wanted to do with my online life I would keep it up to let others see my life as a person and what I accomplished. Others may want their account deleted completely due to the fact it could be hacked, or simply because there is no one alive to update that personal profile anymore. A solution to this growing problem would be to make every person with an online profile fill out a form regarding the situation.