The impact of telecoms on human behavior

8/7/2019 The impact of telecoms on human behavior

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Index

Introduction Digital Consumer

Technology

Five key changes to human behavior Individuality

Instancy

Virtual reality

Tec power Tec voidance

Conclusion


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Introduction- Digital Consumer

Digital consumer of today: Uses MMS barcode as a boarding

pass to check-in

Uses the mobile to remotelyaccess his PC at home while he isaway on business

Uses mobile banking but does not

have a real world bank account Uses his mobile GPS to find his

way around a city he has neverbeen to before.


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Introduction- Technology

Technology is impacting everyone. Computer power is 8,000 times cheaper than it was 30 years ago. There are some communities on the web that are bigger than

significant countries.

Community Name: Deviant art Description: Online Art community Members: 5,068,184

UAE population: 6 million Oman population: Around 3 million

Mobile technology has been adopted by more people than anyother technology ever has. At this rate, 80% of the world will carry a mobile phone in five

years time. Mobile and web technologies are changing human behavior.


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Individuality

Individuality is driven by the needto feel significant, important anddistinct.

The current generation is growingup in a world of social media (blogs,Facebook, and so on).

Media; reality shows like BritainsGot Talent are encouraging peopleto bring out whatever makes themunique.

Mobile phones too have become asymbol of individuality and taste,from the handset to the ring tones tothe personal accessories in whichpeople invest.


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Instancy

Digital technology is enabling people tolive life here & now.

Technology is spoiling us to a point thatwe want everything this very moment.

There are no firm plans anymore.Everything is on-the-go, fluid andchangeable.

Web searches & mobile Internet accessoffer immediacy.

All of this is changing user expectations

in the real world; we want nothing lessthan instant messaging. We want to bealways in touch, always switched on.


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Virtual reality

Every human has a need to belong, to be a part of a community. Technology offers social networking, multiplayer gamingand

3D virtual worlds. Virtual reality is changing how people live and interact with

each other.

A number of things that used to be done offline are now beingdone with someone else online.

Around 200 million people log on worldwide to play interactivecomputer games.

The desire to escape, also, pushes individuals spend numeroushours playing games online.

3D virtual communities like Second Life (SL) are other examplesof how people are connecting with each other. With over 1.5 million active users alone SL is like a virtual country

with an economy of its own.


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Virtual reality- Second Life

http://secondlife.com/whatis/?lang=en-US


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Tech power

Digital technologies areempowering individuals to takecontrol of their lives.

This is driven by individualsdesire for a sense of control

over their lives. Tech powered organizations are

doing everything from contentcreation, project management,knowledge management andeven professional networkingusingWeb tools.

The rules of the work place arechanging; business is beingconducted online.


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Tech voidance

Avoid using digital technologyfor as long and as much aspossible.

Late adopters who view theworld today as a chaotic and

confused mess stick totradition. They are driven by simplicity. As a profile, Tech avoiders are

primarily older, less educatedand lower in income.

Baby Boomers are embracingtechnology 20 times faster thanthe younger generation,therefore in the long-run Techavoiders will be a rarity.


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Conclusion

So what are the implications of thesechanges?

Constant evolution in the way welive as with the concept of fluid

planning or planning while in themidst of implementing. In the past, we had to be precise with

our schedules to meet someone. There was no such thing as last

minute unless there was anemergency.


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References

Comm Magazine http://comm.ae/2009/09/09/the-impact-

of-telecoms-on-human-behaviour/

Images Search www.Google.com

Deviant Art

http://www.deviantart.com/ Second Life

http://secondlife.com/

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