Alexander Espinoza Senior Blog

My presentation topic is directed towards the immense social transformations induced by the technological progerssion of Telecommunications & Networking.

Telecommunication, in definition is "the transmission of signals over a distance for the purpose of communication, such as exchange of thoughts, messages, or information".
Network, in definition entwined to telecomms "Sharing and distributing of information from user to user threw internet or wireless communication"
In order to comprehend how we manage our lives in society the manner we currently do, understanding of the fabric that allows us to move in synchornization with society must be reached. Which is the reason why I am provoked to address this topic, our lives today revovle around the advancement of communication & networks, our lives organized and gone about threw the information which is distributed as well shared in these "telenets." Many individuals have not realized the profound contribution telenets directs toward the society we live in. Asking yourselves the following questions, "how am I up to date with the NYSE report?", "how was I informed threw E-mail my deadline has been postponed?","how did I wire transfer emergency money to my relatives?" As I stated before my aims behind this presention is to open the eyes of individuals to gain understanding the change telenets has brought about on our current social structure, in addition take into consideration our social lives are ultimatelly formed on the basis of telenets and shall continue to be determined depending on the direction telenets progress.

Telenets are the bases of social life, the alimentation of these telenets are strenous in addition which require much manpower, as well as financial investment by communication companies in order to increase the effeciency and magnitude of these telenets. ISP's(Internet Service Provider) are companys in which provide Internet services, Wireless Companies are providers of cell phone services.The CTIA (Cellular Telephone Industries Association) conducted a study which showed that over 250 million Americans are subcribed to cell phone service which is roughlly about 82.4% of the U.S. population. Since January of 1985 where only 91,000 Americans where subscribed to cell services, to November of 2007 where 250 million Americans are subscribed to cell phone service. In just almost 2 decades we have seen an GARGANTUAN rise in cell phone holders.
http://www.gearlog.com/2007/11/us_cellphone_penetration_tops.php
Aside from those numbers, more and more individuals are becoming registered users on E-mail service accounts, in North America alone the number of Internet users is 248,000,000 almost equal to that of cell phone holders.http://royal.pingdom.com/2009/01/22/internet-2008-in-numbers/ these numbers are to continue to increase in the coming decades.




Telenets as you can see with the prevous stated information are ubiquitous, going about answering the topic question is matter of observation. Individuals no longer need to struggle with the frustrating and rather confusing use of a map in order to reach a desired a location. Thanks to GPS (Gobal Positioning System) individuals are abel to locate the position of themselves on a map, as well as haveing the ability of locateing a desired destination he or she wishes to go, which in turn saves times, frustration, and increases punctuality. How we spend our weekends are effected as well, with the simple search on Google we can find the latest upcoming movies being released, and possibly purchase tickets in advance. If necessary search for a movie theater in proximity of your current location All thanks to the distribution of information by company movie theaters on a network which in turn can be accessed by a user and shared with his and or her mates to schedule a movie nigth conveineint for all. E-Mail has brought forth a new frontier in the exchangeing of information, no longer do we pay minimal postage fees in writing letters to our family members of small distances, a simple E-mail has saved an individual potential 10cents in postage fee. With the versatility of E-mail, documents can be attached to E-mails such as the monthly company report for your boss, needs list for an upcoming wedding, an essay to a teacher. Social networks are made possible by telents, they have revolutionized how we socialize to people within our community, out of state, across the US or across the globe. Popular social networking sites such as Myspace and Facebook where you encounter new friends, talk to people of different religions, race, lifestyles, express yourself threw profiles, bulletins and music from the safety and comfort of your own home. Facebook has over 400 million registered users making it a powerhouse in social networking.http://www.facebook.com/press/info.php?statistics YouTube has also revolutionized how we record ourselves, with the ability to post videos to share with people, creating funny videos, informational videos, political videos, videos of ones personal thoughts, the content is endless. Take a minute and observe how much of your life is impacted by telenets, technology will continue to advance as well as change, and so society will adapt to those changes.