What percentage of your daily life is in the hands of technology? Are you in control of technology? Or, is technology controlling you? Technology is with us even during those moments when we think we are alone, in private.
We are Solbi Lee and Se-Jin Lee, sophomores at Cornell Hotel School. We came to make this blog for our Visionary Project, which was assigned in HA 2275, an Information Systems course. We will be covering the privacy issue of technology and technology’s effect on our lives—centered in the context of the South Korean society—in the upcoming postings.
A representative of Asia, South Korea is a country ranked one of the highest in terms of IT power, providing “most positive environment for IT firms in the world”. Technology, especially the Internet, is widely used in this particular country, and South Korea is greatly renowned for its high-tech gadgets and services. With so much technology being used in this country, it is not surprising that privacy issues—as well as the negative facets of technology (more like, the Internet)—are constantly brought into light.
Some of the topics we will cover in later postings are:
We are Solbi Lee and Se-Jin Lee, sophomores at Cornell Hotel School. We came to make this blog for our Visionary Project, which was assigned in HA 2275, an Information Systems course. We will be covering the privacy issue of technology and technology’s effect on our lives—centered in the context of the South Korean society—in the upcoming postings.
A representative of Asia, South Korea is a country ranked one of the highest in terms of IT power, providing “most positive environment for IT firms in the world”. Technology, especially the Internet, is widely used in this particular country, and South Korea is greatly renowned for its high-tech gadgets and services. With so much technology being used in this country, it is not surprising that privacy issues—as well as the negative facets of technology (more like, the Internet)—are constantly brought into light.
Some of the topics we will cover in later postings are:
· Power of Netizens
· Pirating of Media· Wrong Uses of Cellphones
· Suicide Internet Cafés
· Implementation of Real-Name System
By actively engaging in reading our to-be-weekly-updated blog, we hope you take part in developing and shaping your own thoughts and interests in technology and in how both the society and technology is mutually influencing each other.
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To what extent should technology be part of, or interfere in, our lives? And where do we see all of this heading towards? These are the questions we will be addressing in our following posts. Stay tuned! :)
Hey Guys,
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Great start! What is the topic of your next entry?
Marina
Good intro...be careful with your language make sure it is not too technologically deterministic "is technology controling you?"...it is likely to be more nuanced that society shapes IT and vice versa.
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