Omnipresence: This word signifies the fact that an element, physical or conceptual, is present everywhere. In the context of our class I can identify a few omnipresent elements, physical technology, which are basically the tools to complete a job; and “invisible technology”, like electricity, satellite communications, the Internet, etc.
Communication: this word signifies today much more than 20 or 30 years ago and it has become an essential part of live in the 21st century. Some time ago, this word used to signify the exchange of information between two or more people, either in person, by phone, or in a letter, and not much more. Today, this is a word that describes an essential mechanism to accomplish any task. Communication today not only implies an exchange of information, but a long range of knowledge about what channels of communication will be used, for what reason, in what setting, etc. Communication today also describes professional fields not only related to the literal sense of the word, but to the technology related to the process. In other words, communication has become an essential part of our culture, and communicational channels, are today, some of the most popular technology used by humanity, which demonstrate the need we have of communicating. In past week lectures is explained how the omnipresent technology “affects communication in countless ways”, emphasizing that communication has become almost an independent force that changes with technology forcing us to change the way we communicate.
Distance: Literally, the space between point A and point B. In the context of past lectures, the word distance was related to a perceptual idea that is being created by technology and its “omnipresent-communicational” channels. Distance does not describe the physical space between two people anymore, because there is a new kind of “space” described in the past lecture “The Third Space”, the online space, a force “that draws people together-and can keep people-in numbers.” (pg4).