Being in touch is one thing, sharing within families is another.
Sharing can be very prosaic, such as sharing photos with family
after returning from vacation. In today’s world, digital snapshots
can be posted on the Web and family members alerted. Being in
touch through showing and sharing can bring dispersed family
members together. However, it can also highlight exclusions and
enmities that before may not have shown themselves.
Family life is also about looking after one’s own. Parents often
wish to know where their children are and are comforted by
knowing they are safe and sound. They also want to know that
grandma is looking after herself living alone in her flat. A number
of computer applications have been developed to enable family
members to keep an eye on one another, from the Family
Locator feature on the Disney cell phone (which allows parents
to display the location of a child’s handset on a map) to devices
that can be installed on cars to track their location and speed
such as ‘Track My Car’ from AerComTec. But as such technology
becomes pervasive, parents’ concern for the whereabouts of their
loved ones may easily be perceived as a form of surveillance.
Being in touch is one thing, sharing within families is another.
Sharing can be very prosaic, such as sharing photos with family
after returning from vacation. In today’s world, digital snapshots
can be posted on the Web and family members alerted. Being in
touch through showing and sharing can bring dispersed family
members together. However, it can also highlight exclusions and
enmities that before may not have shown themselves.
Family life is also about looking after one’s own. Parents often
wish to know where their children are and are comforted by
knowing they are safe and sound. They also want to know that
grandma is looking after herself living alone in her flat. A number
of computer applications have been developed to enable family
members to keep an eye on one another, from the Family
Locator feature on the Disney cell phone (which allows parents
to display the location of a child’s handset on a map) to devices
that can be installed on cars to track their location and speed
such as ‘Track My Car’ from AerComTec. But as such technology
becomes pervasive, parents’ concern for the whereabouts of their
loved ones may easily be perceived as a form of surveillance.
การแปล กรุณารอสักครู่..