Module 3 Assignment Blog Post on Rhymes of History Technology

Module 3 Assignment Blog Post on Rhymes of History Technology

            Emerging technologies have the capability of rekindling societal patterns from the past. Dr. Thornburg (Laureate Education, 2014h) states through rhymes of history, the affect or impact of a new development rekindles something from the distant past. New technology brings a fresh emergence of the impact that users feel from a previous technology (Laureate Education, 2014j). Dr. Thornburg (Laureate Education, 2014h) points out that it is not the technology. The affect from the technology rekindles something from the past.

            An example of a technology that represents a rhyme in history is video streaming. Streaming media usage is growing exponentially over the past few years. Streaming technologies use compression to shrink the size of the audio and video files so that users can retrieve and play by remote in real time. In Houlton, Main the WHOU-FM station produces live video streams of many games it covers on its website. Clark (2014, September) states that video streaming of basketball games rekindles memories of success from the Houlton boys’ basketball team. A group of Houlton fans take a flight to Bangor to catch the Shiretowners at the Eastern Maine Class C semifinal and championship games. A week later, they rekindle the memory through watching the game through video streaming. Live video streaming of high school sports is relatively new to Maine, with several companies around the state providing the service.

                Private entities like WHOU seek to keep pace with video streaming technology, schools that provide the ultimate talent — the players and coaches — are experiencing their own learning curve regarding such issues as balancing the promotional exposure from the video streams with its possible impact on game attendance.

References

Clark, E. (2014, September). Live video streaming brings new audience to Maine high school

sports. BDN Maine Sports. Retrieved from https://bangordailynews.com/2014/09/22/sports/live-video-streaming-adds-new-media-access-to-maine-high-school-sports/

Laureate Education (Producer). (2014h). David Thornburg: Rhymes of history [Video file].

Baltimore, MD: Author.