Enhancement of New Digital Technology in the Society
Introduction
Digital technologies are advancing rapidly, reaching over 50% of the developing nations and transforming many societies. These technologies enhance connectivity, quick access to various resources and services, and security improvement across multiple departments. This paper looks at three different articles: “A sky full of cameras” by Tomas Van Houtryve, “The war photo no one would publish” by Torie Rose DeGhett, and “we are a camera,” by Nick Paumgarten. Tomas bases his story on the use of drones. DeGhett describes Kenneth as the main character who took a photo but never published it, and Paumgarten explains GoPro cameras in his article. In consideration, the enhancement of new digital technology is hurting society through various incidences of deaths, little consideration of minor people, and overhyping of some of photographing devices degrading others.
How Imaging Technologies Impacts Relationship in Different Societies
According to Tomas Van Houtryve, in his article (Sky full of cameras), and DeGhett in the (the war photo no one would publish), they explain how some people have been harmed in different states, leaving the societies hurt. From Houtryve’s article, since 2004, drones have killed several thousand people in the US (Van Houtryve). These drones consist of cameras deployed for spying, surveillance, and targeting. The military mainly uses drones to link their remote operators and their targets. From the reports, the drones have spread to America’s domestic airspace from foreign conflicts. DeGhett provides evidence of a photo photographed by Kenneth Jarecke featuring an Iraq man who was burned alive in a vehicle. Kenneth thought by photographing the Iraq man, the Americans would change how they saw the Gulf War. “The media does not run the image because no one knows the real story of the picture.” The man who died was believed to have fought in Saddam Hussein’s army, where he had a rank, assignment, and a unit (DeGhett). From the article of Rose DeGhett, “Kenneth assumed that a dictator might have sent the man to occupy Kuwait and fight the Americans. Also, the man could be unlucky with no prospects.” From the evidence of the reports from Investigating Journalists and Human Rights Groups, drones have caused several strikes. This means that although drones contribute to the growth of technology, they are a threat to the community (Van Houtryve). From the “A sky full of cameras” article, “A drone attacked a wedding couple in Yemen, wherein 12 men were killed in the attack, and 15 people left injured, including the bride.” The second evidence of the drone invasion was witnessed in October 2012 by Zubair Rehman, a Pakistan boy. A drone stroke Rehman’s 67-year-old grandmother on her home while picking some vegetables. Rehman continued by saying that. “I am no longer interested in blue skies, but I prefer gray skies (Van Houtryve).” He believed that drones do not fly on gray skies. When the drones fill the sky in America, people will wish to have gray skies like Zubair Rehman.
DeGhett and Van Houstryve use the photograph to show how digital technology has enhanced hurt among different societies. It comes with different sides of the story, has the manipulating ability, and tries to say something different. In America, the explicit war photos are censored to be viewed by the public, as explained by Torie Rose DeGhett in her article “the war photo no one would publish.” DeGhett draws her argument on the Gulf War photo that the American press refused to publish (DeGhett). She points further that the American public should not view any war graphic content occurring in the world. Through this scenario, even with the presence of digital technology, citizens will be hurt. Calculating the consequences of the photographs’ absence is not easy. From the Houtryves’ article, the photographer bought a drone of his own, consisting of a mounted high-resolution camera that traveled across the US. Also, he flew his drones to a less lethal effect like oil fields, the US-Mexico border, and prisons. Tomas also got a lot of reactions after flowing his drone in public places which had experienced foreign drone strike reports like funerals, weddings, and religious schools. At the start of the Gulf War, the Pentagon accessed policies drawing press restrictions used in the 1980s in the US wars in Panama and Grenada. Kenneth Jarecke had decided to be a professional photographer during Operation Desert Storm, which started in mid-January 1991 (DeGhett). But as Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait in August 1990, Kenneth’s desire for photojournalism in the Desert Shield began to reduce. This indicates that new digital solutions have made certain societies hate other societies without all pertinent sense. The people of Saudi Arabia would believe that they have more qualified photographers within their country and no outsider should come to photograph them.
Nick Paumgarten and DeGhett use cameras as photographing devices depicting how they have received unnecessary praises. In Paumgarten’s article, he describes GoPro Company sponsored Aaron to use their cameras to make videos. On a particular day, he was accelerating a mountain, a herd of elk appeared alongside him, but he had forgotten to turn his GoPro camera on. “He just slowed down and allowed the herd of elk to pass but described the scene as hell.” On GoPro’s initial public offering of the films, the picture of elk came into Chase’s mind. Based on Paumgarten’s point of view, the GoPro cameras are not essential to be used by society as they are considered to hurt society. From the DeGhett article, a picture of the pre-war operation of building troops and equipment in the Gulf War kept flowing in his head. January 1991 was the deadline for Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait; Kenneth pleaded with Time magazine to transfer to Saudi Arabia. After getting a chance, he packed his cameras ready for the journey, which was his first moment of the aerial bombing campaign. Troops in the field kept asking Jarecke non-essential questions without relevant reasons. Paumgarten further discusses GoPro cameras, culture, and attitude to use the product. The GoPro cameras introduce a negative stance in society, as those who use the cameras intend to go viral (Paumgarten). The GoPro filming encourages unsafe and unlawful acts, according to Paumgarten. He also claims that the GoPro camera company enables distasteful and ridiculous footage sources to produce promotional content.
Conclusion
Despite the new digital technology transforming different societies through its rapid advancement, it enhances hurt between other communities. In the case of drones, they are believed to be vital in surveillance, targeting, and spying. But it has been witnessed these drones have been killing people and leaving others significantly injured. Due to this, this new technology is a threat to those who get affected when the drone misbehaves. Also, the publication of the photograph is not accessible as the picture has to give the correct details of the image to be published (Paumgarten). Also, the country with new digital technology will outlook the country without the technology. Finally, the introduction of GoPro cameras within society will introduce a negative stance in the community with intentions of going spiral. In addition, GoPro films operate under unlawful and unsafe acts that may hurt society’s people.
