Impact of Cyberculture on Reading :: Technology Essays

Impact of Cyberculture on Reading I have found that people are quick to blame technology for their problems. I cant even recall the number of times I have seen co-workers accidentally delete a file on their computer and then curse at the computer and blame it for the deleted project. Even in the English class that I am writing this essay for, I have on several occasions, seen students not know how to get the computer to perform the task that they want it too, and then say "damn mac's." Like the Macintosh computer has a personal vendetta against them. If you stop to think about it, we have all done this at some point in time and honestly it's quite comical. I'm sure that most people realize that their PC is not capable of planning their demise. In general it has been my experience that people love to look elsewhere for the cause of their problems. I have found it to be no different as far as technology is concerned. People are ready to preach doom and gloom to anything having to do with technology. In today's society there are many complex and difficult issues that cannot be easily answered. And, I have noticed that no one wants to take responsibility for these problems and often people don't even like to acknowledge that they exist. People would be better served if they focused on the positive attributions that technology has brought us. That is why I decided that this essay would focus on one specific positive contribution to society that computer technology has given us. Something that I think that computer technology has done is it has helped put the control of media back with the people. My favorite website that does this, and does it well is suite101.com. According to their website suite 101.com is "an online publishing community of writers, readers, and educators who have come together to share their passion. This popular website is a destination for millions of Internet users who want to learn, express themselves, and share ideas, interests, and expertise with other like-minded individuals. At the core of our website are 549 dedicated writers (Contributing Editors) who publish over 700 articles each month, adding to our existing catalogued archive of 28,028 articles"(p1). The motto of the site is "Real People Helping Real People". If there was no computer technology sites like this would not be possible.