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A 4 page discussion of how technological change can be interpreted differently by different disciplines. This paper specifically addresses a growing focus on computers in education, an increased propensity of identity theft, and the changing definition of death that has resulted with technological advances. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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These impacts are both positive and negative and can be analyzed on psychological, anthropological and sociological levels alike. This contention can be demonstrated quite effectively by looking at three
specific areas where technology has impacted our lives. The growing use of computers in education is of particular interest as is a less positive relationship that exists between computer
technology and digital crime. Finally, even such an intimate aspect of life as the way that we define death has been impacted by technology.
Hern?ndez-Ramos (2005, p. 39) reports that in 2001 that our nations schools were home to "more than 10 million computers, with 99 percent of schools and 87 percent
of classrooms connected to the Internet, and one Internet-wired computer for every 5.4 students". The almost overnight move to incorporate more and more computers in education is regarded by
most as an extremely positive use of technology. When we consider this development from an anthropological perspective, however, we must acknowledge that it goes hand-in-hand with a move away
from traditional learning. Oral tradition (the passing of knowledge from one human to another in a one on one format), for example, is bypassed in favor of a machine
to human interface. While the teacher is still involved in the classroom, that involvement is decreasing as more and more education is delivered in a computerized format.
Sociologically too our increased focus on computers in the learning process results in certain problems. Consider, for example, the socioeconomic division that
is created by a greater and greater reliance on computers (U.S. Department of Commerce, 2001). Riley (2005) reports "Communities with the tools and skills to compete in the digital
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