Week one- some thoughts on this week's lecture

This week was all about explaining communication and the different mediums (technologies) in which one can communicate.
I liked how it began by defining the term "communication" in the most basic way possible. Definitions are designed to help people to understand a term. It really urks me these days, most definitions are worded in such a way that they leave you more confused with the term you are looking up then you were before. I loved this definition of communication...

"The speaker produces a message that is heard by the listener."

Then, as per usual, this definition became out-dated and so the confusion begins...

"The speaker produces an effect on the transmitter which sends a message (which is degraded by the noise of the transmission process) that is intercepted by the receiver which converts it into an effect that is heard by the listener."

This definition then verges into metaphors and other confusion so I've decided to produce my own definition of communication...

"Communication is the act of transferring information to a person/s."

It then verged into the lovely word 'technology'.This, too, was accompanied by a definition... This time not so confusing:

"Technology is the scientific study of mechanical arts and their application to the world."

It was brought up how often technology is used in everyday life. Although we know it is possible to survive without technology, as proven by our ancestors, it's hard to imagine a life without mobile phones and internet.

It's actually quite scary how much we rely on technology to get us through our everyday lives. It would be very interesting to see how we would handle technology being taken away from us. I think the entire world would go into mortal panic.

Just from this one lecture, I have a new appreciation for communication technology.

So that sums up my thoughts on week one. All in all, I can truly say that I have a new appreciation for communication technology.

So until next week,
Peace :)