Wireless technology changes our views of public and private spaces. The advancement of technologies allows us to facilitate our daily lives. According to “Smartphones revolutionize our lives—but at what cost?” by Yudhijit Bhattacharjee, “smartphones have revolutionized our lives in ways that go well beyond how we communicate.” This is true because we rely on our mobile phones to navigate, search for datas, listen to music, watch films, etc. However, Victor Epand believes that “mobile telephony is experiencing its share of teething troubles, including concerns about environmental impact, health and safety, and, of course, the social changes being wrought by a technology which, by making us permanently contactable, is having a profound effect on our interpersonal interaction.” Even if our phones help us connect to other people on the other side of the world, there are negative impacts such as privacy. The way our virtual self is navigating through social media, privacy is rare.
Sep 30 2020
