Selfe Blog two

In the recent work of Cynthia L. Selfe, she writes an article called "Lest We Think the Revolution is a Revolution Images of Technology and the Nature of Change", the first main point that Selfe brings out in her writing is how fast technology has changed throughout time, some people suggest that the technology is a great tool for learning and living but they may fear it because of how fast it continues to change. Selfe writes, "like many Americans, we hope computers can help us make the world a better place in which to live...we hope computers can help make us, and the students with whom we work, more productive in the classroom and other instructional settings" (Selfe 293). Selfe believes that technology such as computers can be used in great ways; one of these ways that she brings up is how images and commercial advertisements may reflect the American cultural and tell valuable stories about social contexts (Selfe 294). Selfe goes on to give examples of many different images that share hidden messages and stories. One advertisement that is shown is described with a man with gold teeth and a bonnet made of roses with a candle on top, this is advertising software but the image is obviously different from Americans and comes across as odd, but it is possible to see what the people are saying by advertising their software and provide it to them in a language that we can all comprehend by using this technology. Selfe says that "we are the designers, the providers, the village benefactors." This quote summarizes what she is trying to say about the advertisements, which is that technology will help connect everyone by communicating. She describes this whole idea of communication through technology as a global village, where the farther the computer network expands, the more it will serve to eliminate racial and ethnic differences and bond together family and friend relationships no matter the race or location. Not only could the race be affected but also the gender since it had played such a large role at the time that Selfe wrote this article. Selfe writes, "computer-supported environments will help us create a utopic world in which gender is not a predictor of success or a constraint for interaction with the world." She writes about how woman would not always use the computer as much as men and both genders would use it for different purposes. With the change in technology, it could bring both genders to be equal along with ethnicity groups of people and all of the above.