Thanksgiving Homework

Over the Thanksgiving break, I spoke with my mother about this assignment. When I asked her to describe the most important information technology she uses in her job, she said that it was the computer. As an editor for NBC Nightly News, she was professionally trained. There were different courses and instructions that she had to partake in. It wasn’t difficult to master the actual computer, but the software took a lot of training. There are many continual updates of specific software that requires additional training with each upgrade. For example, she uses an Avid program for news editing. In regarding to technology affecting her working conditions, it made her extremely more productive. Her job would not be possible without a computer. The job is more enjoyable for her because it gave her faster and easier ways of delivering the end product for the individual story in the evening broadcast. My mother’s dependency on a computer for her work is very relatable to what we have learned during this course. It is amazing that she would not be able to do her job without the computer. In some cases, there are slower ways of performing task that don’t involve a specific information technology, but in her case, she simply cannot perform her job without a computer. In order to edit a story so it can be showed for the evening news, she must use editing software and create a “piece.” Everything is automated, and she must stay up-to-date with these new technological advancements. Before doing this assignment, I actually did think about my mother and her job in relation to this class. I see many correlations between automation and the dependency on technology with this course.