Selfe Claims

In her essay, Selfe claims that technology “would increase opportunities for intercultural, communication among the peoples of the world” (293). Communication efforts are becoming easier for government agencies, corporations, political groups, and information resources. Communication is becoming more accessible, but there are still groups of people who are often being left out of public discussions in other venues. In this article, Selfe also claims that people focus too heavily on the “positive changes that are associated with technology” (293), and take our attention away from real social issues that cannot be solved with technology. There are many good things that come out of all of the new technologies of our world, but at the same time, not everything can be solved with all of these new inventions like many people believe. There are still many world problems that cannot only be fixed by technology, but technology may be worsening them.