Charlie Chaplin--- Modern Time
In the film, we know that the new technologies have some benifits in production. The accurrancy of product production like time controling, quality, amount are the benefits of mass production by the new technologies. Also, the production cost can be limited as replacing the empolyee by machines. The production can be in processed for a longer time which may increase the income as more products can be done. All these are the adventages of new technologies.
So, Who gains from these technologies: Workers, customers or bussinessmen? My anwer is both of them. First, the workers can handle the work easier with just simple steps on it. Also some dangerous steps can be done by machines and descrease the industrial accidences happened because of the new technologies. In the customers' sides, they can buy things on a more reasonable price as mass production can help to deduce the production cost, there for products are being cheaper than before which hand made by workers. I think bussinessmen gain most from these technologies, becasue they can check the working process every time by CCTV, just refer to the clip that Charlie wanted to take a break but sooner his boss appeared on the screen told him not to be lazy and backed to work immediately. Also bussinessmen can control the production cost, accurancy and quality better than before. That mean they can earn more.
The new technologies may have benifits, but also disadvantages. Tension of workers has been increased. Using the Modern Times as an example, In the film Charlie got a short break, he cannot stop the jerky, rhythmic movements of his nut-tightening - the trauma of work has left him with a nervous tick. A "Big Brother" screen of his employer in the men's room reprimands him when he sneaks a cigarette: "Hey, quit stalling. Get back to work. Go on." [1] We can see that Charlie is suffering the nervous breakdown after do the same step of his work repeatedly. Finally he has been sent to the hospital and the doctor told him not to be too emotional again. I have a strong feeling of the ending scen which words shown: "Cured of a nervous breakdown but without a job, he leaves the hospital to start life anew.", this is how exploit among workers always happened.
The new technologies may have benifits, but also disadvantages. Tension of workers has been increased. Using the Modern Times as an example, In the film Charlie got a short break, he cannot stop the jerky, rhythmic movements of his nut-tightening - the trauma of work has left him with a nervous tick. A "Big Brother" screen of his employer in the men's room reprimands him when he sneaks a cigarette: "Hey, quit stalling. Get back to work. Go on." [1] We can see that Charlie is suffering the nervous breakdown after do the same step of his work repeatedly. Finally he has been sent to the hospital and the doctor told him not to be too emotional again. I have a strong feeling of the ending scen which words shown: "Cured of a nervous breakdown but without a job, he leaves the hospital to start life anew.", this is how exploit among workers always happened.
Using computer and internet has became a part of my life. That's a daily thing I have to acheive. Or say, a habit. Sometime I may think that I indulged with the computer too much as I bounding around internet without any purposes. But I can say that I can know the news and new things though the internet easily and quickly although I am staying at home. Computer and internet changed my outgoing lifestyle, while also changing the message spread of the world.
[1]Dirks, T. (2008), Modern Times(1936). Available from: http://www.filmsite.org/mode.html [Accessed: September 16, 2010].
