THE SOCIO-CULTURAL ASPECTS OF ICT

Today we can see that ICT is being used in the industries, economic life, education/school, public management, and not at least private home.

From history we know that for hundreds years ago they also did communicate from long distance. With smoke signal from the top of a mountain, people were able to communicate.

The Vikings did it, the Indians did it, and ordinary people did it

to send messages to one another. The sender and the recipient had to “speak the same language” to avoid misunderstandings. As we can imagining, there had to be some misunderstanding sometimes.
That’s an issue today, as well. Try to send a SMS without a Smiley! You might be asked: “angry?”

We communicate and exchange information mostly through Media today. Mass media is an idea of spreading information, news, entertainment, PR., from one to many. Internet can also be called mass media.

The speeds of development to ICT are exploding. Forty-fifty years ago we had a clear identity, and lived mostly in one network. We were born, raised, sick, wedded, and died in one and the same network. Today it is more complex, the society and family-structure are very different. The world has become “smaller”, we travel and live all over the world. Therefore we wish today’s ICT welcome. We can see and interact with one another

The technologic today are developed so that we ordinary people can understand using it. Today we stay in contact with our friends and family by using: Mobil phone, Internet (Twitter, Facebook, e-mail, MSN Messenger, Blog, Skype…). Of course, we still stay together face to face and interaction J But when we’re apart, these medium are often being used by us. With this medium parents can stay in touch with their children and grandchildren all over the world. With web-camera we can see each other as well. I can stay in touch with my niece in Australia. She’s staying there for six months, studying. Facebook has been a blessing because of the weather down under: rain, flood, hurricane, and now fire. 

Sick people can stay in contact with family, friends, and unknown people from Hospital- bed. Check out this blog: Regine Stokke
After a TV- debate we often hear: go to www”xxxxx”.no
In a newspaper-case (online) you often can blog the case. Rana Blad
If we follow the same ethics rules online as we use offline, the interaction on Internet can be just a good experience :-) Be welcome to give a comment about your experience of the life online :-)