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Nadia
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Cyber Work: what is the of future human relations?
July 29, 2003 - 05:06 AM
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Hello all,
New technological development makes it easier for people to communicate remotely. Video conferences, internet discussions, maybe future meetings in cyberworld.. how will it affect REAL human relationships? Distant jobs will give us less and less possibilities to communicate with people, collegues. Could it lead to any kind of moral degradation?
It would be interseting to hear your opinions.
With compliments,
Nadia
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Laurent Straskraba
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Re: Cyber Work: what is the of future human relations?
July 29, 2003 - 03:58 AM
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i experienced that if you are working at home only, you are not part of the team as you were while you were working with your collegues. it´s a tricky thing ... to work at home doesn´t necessarily mean to achieve more benefits. sometimes it´s also disturbing family life ...
but it all depends on how one is dealing with his social contacts and how his peers are dealing with him.
i would say that generally it´s a good idea to work mixed on and off office - to benefit from independence but also to stay part of the team, and to give your family a rest 
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laurent
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Also more connections
July 29, 2003 - 08:49 AM
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While technology can allow for people to work more without face-to-face contact, it also allows for more people to work in more diverse teams. I still email colleagues I met through virtual teams. In addition, moving electrons instead of people is a net savings of energy and materials. Helping the environment, increasing cultural awareness, and expanded opportunity are also effects of technology.
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The Global Village
July 29, 2003 - 11:45 AM
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I don't think the Internet and related technologies could ever cause moral degradation, of any kind. In fact what could happen is that these technologies would turn the world into a global village of sorts, and that would be such an enriching experience.
People would be able to work from their homes, and that would infact cut down on pollution to a great extent... and we would have much cleaner and safer environment! 
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Re: Cyber Work: what is the of future human relations?
August 5, 2003 - 03:52 AM
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Well, it makes things go easier and faster, certainly. I mean, instead of arranging a time and place to meet up to discuss things, you can just email someone and they will receive the email instantly. The only thing is that if the user's not online email isn't instant, but I guess that's what we have MSN and stuff like that for. When it comes to work especially, I think technology is useful. It is easier to write a professional email than to phone and make polite conversation. We're used to being ourselves in person, and email can easily make us look less immature.
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Luke Cholerton
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Re: Cyber Work: what is the of future human relations?
August 5, 2003 - 04:50 AM
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I recently moved countries with the intention to work remotely for the company that I used to work for in the UK. I have found it very hard to communicate effectively with my superiors at the company and the team I work with. It has also lead to me not waking up at a reasonable time, usually after mid-day and slacking on certain jobs. However, it does afford me more time to myself, my personal projects and my loved ones.
I find instant messaging a great way to communicate; I have met many great people through IM. However, I find that there can sometimes be mis-understandings if you are not communicating via voice or face-to-face. This can sometimes lead to greater downfall in communications and end up in arguments and other such disasters. It also becomes difficult to find an appropriate time to stop working; either for a company or on my own projects.
Other than that, I am a complete techie and love to use computers and the internet to communicate whenever I can.
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Regulating online communication
October 8, 2003 - 01:28 AM
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Technology has certainly opened up new mediums of communication for the connected society in our digital environment. New opportunities have arisen since the introduction of computer mediated communication (CMC) in facilitating the flow of information within society. Email, instant messaging, bulletin board services and so forth have provided mediums of communication on a global scale.
E-business has expanded recently having implemented new developments such as blue tooth technologies and video conferencing, which enables instant communication between individuals in real time. This allows meetings, discussions, and decisions to be made simultaneously without the need of physical proximity.
The digital environment has encouraged Internet users to remain more anonymous and less responsible for their words and actions. This implies that online communication can have the potential to facilitate more freedom to express personal opinions and individual views. However, abuse of this right can lead to a lack of moral responsibility and disintegration of community connectivity.
Therefore this calls for the need to introduce online regulatory policies to uphold the social respect for others of online usage, to prevent misuse such as defamation, censoring offensive material and harassment.
Licensed agreements should be implemented upon registration to forums so that users must comply with the terms and conditions. Moderators of online discussion forums should also be introduced to implement these regulations by screening abuse, verifying identities and monitor online behaviour, with having the right to boot compliant offenders.
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Nora Martin
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Online communication
October 8, 2003 - 01:42 AM
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The ability to communicate online (via the Internet, videoconferencing etc) has led to a change in the way we interact with one another. While this has meant a decrease in person-to-person communication or contact - being able to speak in person (ie. face-to-face) will never be fully replaced by ICT's.
What a sad world it would be if we all communicated via ICT's and via a distance!!! This is great sometimes, the ability to send an email to a friend overseas (especially handy whist travelling), and has meant that people hardly every write letters anymore.....Letter writing will probably be a dying art one day in the not too distanct future, maybe even now.............
I would much rather receive an actual postcard send from a friend travelling (in the post) than receive an email version - what are your opinions???
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yes i agree ..
November 30, 2003 - 07:37 AM
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keeping (or finding) the balance will be THE issue for the change in working and other social realtions.
cheers,
laurent
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