New Communication Technologies and their impact on my life

When I think about new communication technologies, the first thing that comes to my mind is Skype. I started using Skype many years ago to stay in touch with a good friend that moved away. It was the easiest, and at least cheapest way to see each other. But since I have become an exchange student at Griffith University one month ago, it has become even more important for me. Even though Australia is a great country, you have so many things to do and have nearly no time to get homesick, sometimes it is not avoidable – especially in the first days. With Skype you are not only able to chat with your friends and family, you can even call them – with audio and video call. Skype makes me feel closer to my home. And it helps my family and friends to get a better impression about my life on the other end of the world.

Facebook is another important part of new communication technologies for me as well. Its main focus on socializing makes it easy to tell everyone at once what I am doing and what experiences I make, and to show photos of all the places I have been to and of the people I have met. For me it is important that Facebook is private and neither my lecturer nor my employer can see it. Facebook’s privacy settings are often discussed but as long as nothing goes public it is acceptable for me. Facebook uses all its data to place advertisements in a very efficient way on its website (Research and Markets: Facebook 2013). That is how this company earns money and as long as this advertising is not disturbing, and I am not putting private contact details online, the opportunity that Facebook offers is great, although you have to pay with your data.


Sources:
Research and Markets: Facebook: The Future of its Ad-Supported Business Model, viewed 04 August 2013,
<://finance.yahoo.com/news/research-markets-facebook-future-ad-162500648.html>