BLOG RE DO: Cellular Connection

http://www.politicstv.com/blog/?p=1875 - GOOGLE VIDEO.

The article, How to Recognize the Future When it Lands on You by Howard Rheingold, explores the impact of technology and cellular phones on today’s society. These advancements have a large impact on today’s society, especially effecting politics. Today, mobile phones are used for much more then just calling people. They are sold with internet, camera, music, alarms and web services. Mobile phones are processing information that is news and gossip, letting people being informed about every little thing going on. Text messaging has reached a new revolution by organizing people into groups and forming their political stances. Technological advancements are forming many people’s opinions and getting them involved. Rheingold explains that the impact of technology creates smart mobs, which are "The new social form made possible by combination of computation, communication, reputation, and location always-on internet connections to members."

This video is a short clip from Googles Vice President of Global Communication. This video explains how technology is effecting communication through politics. He is questioning what's accepted or not through technology while political issues are going on. For example, in his speech he talks about the issues of mobile phones being used near voting polls. His main goal of the speech is trying to get all people connected politically by using Google to guide them. Although, this is not a form of the mobile aspect that Rheingold uses, this is a form of communication that is derived from technology. Google forms people into smart mobs and lets them be apart of political connections by communicating with a website and their specific applications. To use Google you must be on the Internet therefore, many people can access this political information from their mobile device. This media example correlated with Rheingold’s article because they both talk about how technology interferes/organizes diverse social forms. Using Googles new political options provides you personally a social network, just like Rheingold talks about with mobile phones.