Modren technology is creating a ...

[lana intel]

Modren technology is creating a ...

single world culture? do you agree or disagree?? and why?

 

[lol lypop]

i disagree

because while many of us are busy surfing the internet and watching TV, there are ppl straving in africa.

 

[lol lypop]

starving*

 

[רוקד עם שבלולים]

and why is that relevant?

people can starve even within one culture. People in your town will go to sleep hungry tonight./ That is not a definition of a culture

 

[lol lypop]

because

if some of this "culture" is busy sitting at home watching TV and the other people don't even have an access to these things, (the starving ppl in africa for ex.), then the world is not a culture because of the new media.

 

[Emc2]

weak argumentation girl

 

[AnnabeI Lee]

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[Emc2]

Me?

 

[AnnabeI Lee]

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[Emc2]

it wasn't me!

 

[AnnabeI Lee]

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Happy Birthday

 

[lol lypop]

thanks boy

 

[lol lypop]

ok i just realized i may have not

explained myself well. the world is made up of people who have access to the new media, and people who don't. if there are people who do not have acess to the new media (and i'm not talking about few people who can be "outsiders", i'm talking about billions), then we, as a world, are not a culture because of the new media. and Emc2, if you still think it's a weak argumemt, please explain why.

 

[Emc2]

i never said your argument was weak

I said your argumentation was. Basic debatig experience has shown us that its 10% WHAT you say and 90% HOW you say it. Was simply trying to give you an advise you can, and should, use in others places (e.g. essays) Now, with regard to your argument, i don't agree with you, and if i had time and no classes and two exams this week, maybe i would have taken the time to debate this thing out with you

 

[lol lypop]

ok

it would be helpful if you'd say what excatly i should do to work on that 90%

 

[yuval k]

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[Jules Verne]

Some things never change

The question is how you define the word culture. Undoubtedly, modern technology has immensely increased the distribution of information and improved communication among people around the world. On a certain level, it may have some influence on areas like fashion, music or films, but as a whole there are things that never change such as: mentality, habits or traditonal ways of life.

 

[רוקד עם שבלולים]

question:

can you give an example of a traditional way of life that has not been change or disrupted by modern technology?

 

[Jules Verne]

There are many examples

There are many examples that show modern technology and the massive flow of information through media channels have not changed traditional ways of life, habits or codes of begaviour of many people around the world. Here are a few examples: 1. Treatment to women. In many Arab countries, murder of a women on the background desecrating family's honour is not an unexceptional event; circumcision of young girls is still committed even if it is against the law; In Saudi Arabia, for instance, women are not allowed to issue a driving license or vote; Many moslem women, including in Europe, wear head scarves. 2. Codes of behaviour. British TV serieses, for example are very popular in Israel and are broadcast very extensively. Consequently, does it basically mean Israelis behave like British people? I doubt it. 3. The Far East. In spite of modern recnology, millions of people practice old ways of life, wear clothes that are very different from those of people from the west, and their pace of life is a lot more slower than what peole in the US, Europe and Israel are used to. People can behave similarly in many respects, but never be fully the same. Otherwise, life would be boring. wouldn't it?

 

[רוקד עם שבלולים]

that's true to some extent

But notice that in all of these examples, traditional ways are constantly being challenged, and sometimes changed outright, by the interlinkage of the world. Female circumcision, for example, is still being practiced, but it is now on the defensive and frowned upon in many places where it used to be the norm. The Saudi woman is not permitted a driver's license? True. But the family has a car, which has a lot of impact on her life, and she gets to watch television, and prepare meals in a kitchen rather than in a tent. And Muslim women all over the world do wear headscarves, but I see the young girls with the headscarves and tight jeans on my street, and they look anything but traditional. By the way, Saudi mens cannot vote either - Saudi Arabia does not hold elections, it is a monarchy, so you can't say that this is a case of discrimination against women, really. About the British TV affect on Israelies: of course it affects codes of behaviour. It will not turn an Israeli into a Brit, but it does have its effect. Maybe a young Israeli will have a more developed sense of the absurd. Maybe a woman will be more polite. Maybe a man will try to cook something from a Jamie Oliver show. These things add up. But the truth is you picked an easy target: If you look at the effect of the far more extensively broadcast AMERICAN TV influence, can you really say that it does not change Israeli society? Have you actually been to the far east? Have you seen the huge industrial cities in China, where tens of miilions of people who used to live in villages now work in the factories because of the ideologies their government imported from Europe? Have you walked the streets of Tokyo and seen the teenagers with Rock-star hair and T-shirts, SMSing each other on cellphones? Have you seen what the pace of life in Singapore or Taiwan actually is? have you visited Lhasa and seen what the Chinese occupation has done to Tibet? have you spoken with an Indian engineer about his work? some people do still manage to hold on to the old way of life. they are being vastly outnumbered by those who either do'nt want to or simply cannot.​