A new day, a new class (Week 1)

It is always interesting and a little bit scary starting a new class. Today I had my first lecture for New Communications Technology and I was not sure what to expect. It was simply an introductory lecture to this course.

I have never really thought about communications technology, new or old, so it is interesting to learn about them. I am not surprised that cave drawings and storytelling are examples of old communications technology, but I was dumbfounded to think that written letters, books and articles, radio and television all fall under the same category. I find it strange, since we still use these mediums to communicate.

In some cases the old has become the new. Smart phones, the internet and social media are all considered to be new communications technology, yet we are able to watch videos, movies and television shows on all of these. Despite the fact that television is considered to be part of old communications technology, it is now being used in new communications technology. In this case the old has definitely become the new.