Question

Business and Society

Defend the changes that technology has brought to society's communication patterns, such as the expediency of email and texting, reduced costs, and access to people around the world.

Answer 1

The technology has brought significant changes to the communication pattern followed by the society. It has brought speed, accuracy and cost efficiency to the communication methods followed by the people either in their organization or in personal space. Though some of the communication methods are disruptive in nature as these methods have eliminated (almost) the traditional methods, but it has worth to change the communication. For example, the prevalence of emails and SMS has made the very least use of general post of letters. Emails and SMS are cost effective methods, quick, accurate and can be saved, whereas postal letters take time, relatively costly and has the scope to be lost. So, technology has enabled people to cross the hindrance of cost and time to achieve the high level of efficiency.
Further, the use of technology in Whats-App telephony, internet calls have brought in new ways to communicate either on one to one basis or in a group, that too at a very (or no) cost. So, technology has brought change, but the change is good for the society.