From speaking to reading to film to the Internet, Beware!

Human connection; this is the most important aspect of the real human condition. This capacity to convey messages to one another of our species is what delineates us from any other sentient beings on this planet. It could be argued that dogs, cats, and other somewhat aware animals have the capacity to speak to each other in various manners, but nothing to the level that humans do. Our forms of communication and relaying messages are so varied also: we can blink an eye and understand a command, we can simply point and go, or we can embrace language and orally describe our wishes. These methods only are applicable on an intimate, one on one level. When we need to reach a massive audience or engage from a large distance, we can use the wonders of audio and visual. Luckily, these two things are the basis of all human interaction, and they mold perfectly into their respective technological mediums. These mediums have allowed us to send both types of messages virtually, with no physical interaction involved.

First we have audible communication; in layman’s terms, words you can hear. Historically, these thoughts were first expressed by bards, singing songs of epic proportions to describe a hero’s incredible deeds, to be passed down from father to son. After the technological boom, one no longer had to remember the songs, as they could be saved in a high-tech studio and then set to play whenever desired. The advantage of this was of propagation as well; spreading to a wide demographic was easy with the banding power of the Internet. Instead of having to wait until their favorite band came around to hear one of their songs, someone could just search the song they want to hear on the Internet and play it to tide themselves over. These songs could then be reached by a large audience. This is a new phenomenon, bands that are famous yet no one has ever even seen them.

Next there is the visual mode. This first started when our ancestors decided to alert his friends of the woolly mammoth through cave paintings on the wall. Now we can watch advertisers show us products on the television, or have a friend show us pictures through a social networking site. The real revolution here is of the printed text; words. The printed word no longer has to be read through a heavy and clunky book. Text can now be downloaded and digested off the user friendly and aesthetically pleasing glow of a computer monitor. Text has always notoriously lacked the human emotion, and therefore can be tough to convey a tone. Luckily, the web surfer has invented an interesting concept, the “emoticon”. A combination of emotion and icon, these symbols can depict a sad disposition through a frowning face, or an excited happy tone with a beautifully constructed smiley face.

These two universal forms of expression are essential for a human to convey his or her feelings, and certainly the most compatible for all mediums of technology. The issue is how the media and technology affects these delicate principles. On the web, anything can be altered. All content is changeable through a couple of mouse click and a copy and paste tool. This can lead to libel of the original owner, even if it was meant as a joke or out of an honest mistake. Sometimes it was no mistake though; Internet criminals, colloquially named “hackers” in twenty-first century vernacular troll the Internet, and can track and hack into people’s computers. Once they are in, they can gain access to anything they want. These crooks are often untraceable as well, as they leave no footprints and no definitive evidence at the scene of a crime, and pretty much void of any possible leads.

They cannot be caught easily. As scary as it may seem to believe, these Internet criminals leave no footprints, no fingerprints, and are never even at the scene of the crime in the first place. There is no “scene of the crime”! Once inside your computer, they have the ultimate reign over anything they want. Oftentimes they will go after your online bank accounts. Suddenly, you could find yourself unknowingly spending money and your bank might take notice. You may then cancel the card or the account, but the damage is done. You are out of a lot of money and a lot of trust, and the criminal gets away, maybe to prey on you again. Just be wary, your virus protector or firewall is not enough. The web has a goldmine of information for you, but don’t let it be a hacker’s goldmine of money from you.

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