Navigating Technomedia

I thought this article was rather dry and boring, but it was informative.  I had never heard of the term Technomedia before this article.  To better understand what this was, i liked how they sued the example of the phone.  We no longer simply use the telephone to have voice to voice conversations.  Now we have the ability to text, surf the web, take pictures, and even listen to music.  Who would have thought this is what the phone would become.  One of the points made in this article discussed the diffusion of technology among the different nations of the world.  I know this wasnt the whole point of the article, but it was something that stuck with me.  I learned about this idea in my Internet comm class.  The diffusion of technology is based on several factors including the economy as well as education.  If you have a poor nation who is not educated to use technology, they will find themselves to be cut off from the rest of the world and would have a disadvantage of not being able to communicate with other people globally.  Technology today is not as simple as it once was.  We are bringing so many elements of old technology together to make something new and user friendly.  Overall this article was a good overview of how technology has shifted and who is able to use it.