World Technologies and Learning

Influence of Technology on Human Thoughts
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Influences of Technology in Human Thinking
Q1. Technology on Democracy
It is no doubt that technology influences personal human thinking about various things they interact with within everyday life. For instance, a simple video about a specific person can influence an individual to create a particular perception about different sects of people related to the subjects they see on a video. In the first video between Jorge Ramos, and President Nicolas Maduro, it is evident that the video creates a particular perception about politicians. For instance, the video, even without providing tangible evidence to prove the illegitimacy of president Nicolas, the fact that Jorge is a journalist, and the arrogance that Nicolas displays is enough in influencing an individual to think that and believe that Nicolas presidency is indeed illegitimate (Univision Noticias, 2019). Furthermore, the short video has done more than enough to create a negative perception of Venezuela's politics to the outside world.
There is also the other aspect that Jorge has worked on basically baseless facts in his interview with Maduro. There is a seemingly general occurrence that technology has been used in the wrong manner, as the journalist uses various pieces of tweets as evidence for specific failings of the government. In a real sense, these tweets are simply opinions that are highly nonfactual and only work based on sensationalism. This gives a new perspective on technology and democracy. Democracy can be promoted or undermined based on how technology is applied in one way or the other. Simply put, technology can be used to influence and dictate how the politics of a country is done.
The second video, where Jorge Ramos is capturing people feeding on trash in the streets, is a perfect example of how technology has influenced democracy in the contemporary world. For instance, with current smartphones, which can take videos, different people can view trends among ordinary citizens. Still, their messages can reach heads of government and let them know about their discomfort. With such arrangements, democracy has shifted from journalists who government officials traditionally accused of misrepresenting the public. However, the officials can get the exact message from the public directly without any distortion with the current technology. This way, technology has done a great deal in promoting democracy in different countries.
On the contrary, too much freedom of expression can also hinder democracy, especially where the freedom of expression is misused to abuse other people (Univision Noticias, 2019). It can also be used badly when people are given too much freedom to write and share anything on social media. It can breed negative propaganda, which can work to bring down the positive efforts made by a country.
Q2. Education Innovation
With technological advancements, education has been made a lot easier, thanks to education innovations that have been realized in the past. The first video, titled "Learning to Teach in Practice: Finland's Teacher Training Schools has proved to help aspiring teachers in training institutions as it encourages them by improving confidence while interactin...