Week 11

Okay im freaking out! after this morning discussion and this weeks reading, thinking about convergence as more than just a technological advancements but rather a process which alters the relationship between social relationships, the structure of industries, markets and the way we engage within these sectors, its kind of depressing to think that maybe in the future we may choose to work from home, choose to have a virtual conference with friends of family instead of going out to lunch - i know new media has offered us the capacity to form new social relationships, yeah this new social space and constant access with people who are spatially dispersed or constant flow of info throughout society but its kind-of scary to think about the possibility of what might happen to face2 face communication the constant social interaction, are we isolating ourselves to much and are we trying become more advanced 2 fast i mean as we spoke about last week there such a gap in society. I like the idea of a water cooler effect we need social interaction. Whether we are using the telephone the internet any medium, they are all real forms of communication but they will never be able to totally replace social interaction of face2face communication. Yeah they make life easier help us network, reduce spatial barriers and help facilitate the social function but im just freaking out imagining what might happen as we advance as a society what will happen to face2face communication will we slowly forget why we enjoy interacting within social environments or will we become to lazy and start to video conference Christmas dinner instead of traveling to see one another going through the hassle is media convergence making life to easy? i guess maybe its not all that bad but i just don't like change i like a little bit but its scary to think about it - hope didnt get 2 far off track have good weekend! :)