LIR 100 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Time, Sweden, Netherlands

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Language and Intercultural Relations
• Course: LIR 100
• Professor: Jamie Pelkey

Document Summary

Effects of new media: all of our actions have an immediate reaction (everyone will know about it, everyone has access to our information that we choose to share with them. Control vs. understanding: our main priority needs to be understanding that we can"t focus where the old mechanical age used to focus when it comes to mechanics. Try to understand others and the system itself. Mechanical vs. electrical: we have to adapt and develop understanding, mechanical-control others, electrical-understand others. Technological imperative: responsible use of technology, we don"t want to let our technology work the way we think about other languages and cultures. Demographic imperative: not everyone is connected to the internet, privilege to access technology (not everyone has the privilege) Access to information can be beneficial but can also limit the kinds of topics we have knowledge on. Self-awareness imperative: becoming a better person by paying attention to distinctions of cultures.