Living in The IT eRa UTOPIAN-AND-DYTOPIAN.pptx

Living in the IT ERA

1. UTOPIAN AND DY S TOPIAN

2. LEARNING OBJECTIVES DIFFERENTIATE THE UTOPIAN AND DY S T OPIAN VIEWS OF THE INTERNET; DETERMINE THE RATE OF PROGRESS OF ACCELERATION IN MEDIA AND INFORMATION; DEFINE THE CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF INTERNET ADDICTION AND ISOLATION; AND DISTINGUISH THE IMPACT OF SELECTIVE EXPOSURE ON POLITICAL POLARIZATION.

3. UTOPIAN AND DY S TOPIAN VIEWS OF INTERNET Throughout the years, the internet has provided great services and help to researchers , professors , students and whoever needs any help of anything . But it also has its fair share of issues and controversies and because of this, people have different opinions or views about the internet. People tend to think of the negative sides of the internet and the possible negative effects that it may possess through the dystopian mentality . Although it would never hurt to have a positive thinking for the internet, or the utopian mentality, for it will provide us an even greater purpose in the future than it already does now.

4. WHAT IS UTOPIA? According to the Cambridge dictionary, Utopia is the idea of having a perfect society in which everyone works well with each other and happy.

5. Utopian thinking is an imagination of a perfect society mostly applicable in government, politics, and economics. The term UTOPIA was coined, from G reek word meaning ‘no place’ or ‘nowhere’ by Sir Thomas More used in his 1516 book utopia, describing a fictional place and an almost society.

6. A human’s mind is more powerful than what we credit it for. Utopian idea may seem naïve for some, because of being far from reality but aren’t the latest technologies used to be just a silly concept in the past years. Utopian thinking lets us to maneuver different possibility of innovation, imagining and crating masterpiece inside our heads that could someday be a possible output. Utopian ideas may be a little ahead of our time but it could help in shaping what can be our future. IMPORTANCE OF HAVING A UTOPIAN VIEW IN TECHNOLOGY

7. Negative effects of having a Utopian view in technology Utopianism may be important for the improvement of our way of life. It may possess great effects but if it is not used carefully, it may become dangerous. It can be dangerous because it can lead to people to do whatever it takes into attaining an almost impossible goal.

8. According to Merriam- Webster dictionary, Dystopia is an imagined world or society in which in people lead wretched, dehumanized , fearful lives. Dystopia is an imperfect world, where everything goes the wrong way. It shows the nightmare of having a doomed future filled with rebellion , wars , oppression , corruption , disaster - the exact opposite of Utopia. WHAT IS DYSTOPIA?

9. UTOPIAN AND DYSTOPIAN VIEWS OF THE INTERNET AND TECHNOLOGY

10. Jobs that were once performed by human are now being done by machines. Jobs are vanishing, huge amount of people being unemployed because of this. Artificial intelligence, augmented reality, virtual reality, universal basic income, and blockchain , these are advance in our technology that developers promised to mold the future and solve the problems the world had as of the present. The Utopian goal was to have a perfect mode of communication and it became triumphant. The utopian justifies the dystopian effects and if we learn to control and properly use it, then we could live in a world without the fear of the world’s destruction.

11. MEDIA ACCELERATION AND INFORMATION WHAT IS DATA SMOG? ( INFORMATION OVERLOAD) The term data smog is connected to the smog we experience through nature. The mixing of fictitious and factual information online is compared to the mixing of and smoke pollution, both of which make it hard to distinguish one from other. Ovelwhelming amount of data on almost every possible topic can be favorable , but this continuous bombardment of data can have negative effects without us even noticing it.

12. HERE ARE SEVERAL TIPS ON HOW TO AVOID THE NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF DATA SMOG: Go on “data fast” Try spending some time away from communication devices, television, and the internet. Make use of print media every once in a while. Avoid sending or forwarding chain messages or any other useless information online. Filter unwanted messages and/or emails.

13. MEDIA ACCELERATION IN SPORTS CULTURE The use of blogging, vlogging and social networking sites– especially twitter, by professional athletes, sports leagues, sports teams and sports fans has increased quickly and has rampant over the past few years.

14. TWITTER Has been one of the most used social media platform by the sports community. Twitter is an arena where athletes could make their fans’ day by replying to them from time to time. Post updates about the latest games for people who were not able to watch them. Through this, we can see barriers being broken when athletes of different teams or even of different sports “ tweets” each other online. Twitter has been an avenue for athletes to promote their brands, announce their recent activities, and to update us of their own feelings which cannot be seen in ordinary news or in print media.

15. I nstagram Ever since the introduction of instagram stories, where users can upload a series of 15s long videos that will expire and be gone after 24 hours. Athletes post their daily workout routines, foods, parties and a lot of behind the scene that other type of media just cannot seem to get. Athletes posting embarrassing moments of their co- realize that their human too, they are not some type of gods that we can never be in same level with. With these social media platforms, print media would cease to exist. Because of the free access of twitter and such athletes, managements, and promoters would make full use of social media sites and news writers, reports, and more would loss its purpose.

16. BLOG Blogging was introduced in the P hilippines early and started to grow during 2012 as a revolutionized medium of communication, and probably influence P hilippines society.

17. TEN STEPS TO BLOG: Find out your forte in writing Analyse your competition Create a plan Develop your blog Publish evergreen and engaging content Optimize your content for search engines Promote you blog and content in social media Monitor and analyze your blog’s performance Apply and implement available monetization schemes. Continue blogging and wait for your earnings.

18. WHAT ARE THE DRAWBACKS INVITES CRITICISM This is something that athletes must be prepared to deal with before vlogging . 2. TAKES EFFORTS The preconception that it takes ages to film a high- quality video production scares a lot of people. 3. NEEDS COMMITMENT Video can play powerful medium to speed track this mind shift in the heart of fans.