Blog 7 Smartmobs

Blog 7: What in the world of print might correspond to the communications that underpin flashmobs? How have digital communications changed/remediated these communications and what are the effects of that remediation? What kinds of changes might you predict for the future?

Print might correspond to the communications that support flashmobs by doing the same thing. When you are printing you take a piece of paper and pen, write down the information that you want to send out to everyone, and you pass it on to another person face to face. But now that technology has become so common, popular, and more advanced an individual can use the internet and texting to send out the message quicker, and that saves a lot time instead of using print where it takes up time.
Digital communications have changed a lot. We can communicate through texting, emailing, etc. and send messages to a large group using chain letters to keep the message going. There are positive and negative chain letters. Most messages will say, "Send this to 10 people or something good or bad will happen in the next 5 minutes". Some people are supertistious and will keep the message going and others will ignore because they don't believe in it. And there are messages that people send out that can make a difference in this world. For example, keep this message going to help someone find their missing child, and lets all get together and walk to support breast cancer, etc.
Technology went from print to digital. We already have "Skype" to communicate with others. We can actually see the other person through video, so as of right now i don't know what else technology may bring us but i do know it will be something good, easy, hopefully effective, and fast.