Sociology Research Paper Sociology per. #2 10/8/96
Sociology Topics: Future Society Social Change Social and Environmental Issues Deviant Behavior Crime/Corrections
Name: Brandon Robinson Period: # 2
The proliferation of home computers, and of home computers equipped with modems, has brought about a major transformation in the way American society communicates, interacts, and receives information. All of these changes being popularized by the media and the wide increased personal and private sector use of the Internet. All of these factors plus the fact of more and more business and government institutions are jumping to make the use of these …show more content…
These individuals popularized and demonized by the media are often referred to as "Hackers" or "One who obtains unauthorized if not illegal, access to computer data systems and or networks." or the media definition "maladjusted losers forming "high-tech street gangs that are dangerous to society" (Chicago Tribune,
1989) Which ever one is best fitted they are indeed becoming a very serious issue and worry to some in our ever and constantly changing American Techno
Society. Because of the serious delection by our elected representatives whom have valiantly once again failed to keep up with the ever changing times, there is if any major or clear and easy to understand "CONSTITUTIONAL" (The recent 3 to 1 over turn of the not only controversial but deemed UNconstituional law culled the Communications Decency Act") laws as to the governing of the vastly wild and uncharted realms of cyberspace. The flagrant and serious if not slightly laughable attempts of our technologically illiterate and ignorant masses of elected officials. Sends a clear S.O.S. message to the …show more content…
Before we, as a result of our inability to adapt and our arrogance and ignorance, are all products of our own technological over indulgence. So to avoid the tragic and ending collision of our own self manufactured technological self-destruction and the break-down of our society, in every tangible aspect, as we know of it today.
I believe that in the future we are headed towards you will see our society divided into Two major parts 1.) Those whom pose the knowledge and capability to obtain the knowledge/information i.e.. the "LITERATE" and 2.)
Those who don't pose the skills necessary to obtain that crucial knowledge/information, i.e.. the "ROAD KILL" Because in the future, the power structure will not be decided by who has the most guns or missiles or weapons but the powers structure will be made up of little tiny ones and zero's, bits of data giving to those whom ever poses the power of the knowledge and the power to manipulate who has that knowledge. The "rich" and "elitist" will be the knowledge posers and givers and the "poor" will be those with the lack of knowledge. Knowledge will bring power and wealth and the lack of will bring.....well the lack of power, wealth and knowledge.