Technology at its finest in the eyes of an American

Frederick Henderson
Media Ethnography
Published in
2 min readJun 14, 2017

For this experiment, I’ve chosen ten images that I think best represents “American” relationships to technology today. Each image depicted has influenced the general population one way or another, sparking global news and signs of achievement for America. My view of the “American” relation is based off personal experiences and observation, some information gathered from Facebook and secondary sources. Being part of the older generation that first experienced the digital era, I accept change as a starting point for greater development. I grew up on devices that had no Wi-Fi, no 1080p resolution, and no form of communication besides that of face-to-face oral communication. Just imagine how the views of teens today on technology would have been if they grew up in the early 90s.

Travels with a Ford Mustang (Source: http://www.ford.com/cars/mustang/2017/)
Manhattan (Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/17/realestate/multimillion-dollar-manhattan-panoramas.html?_r=0)
NASA (Source: https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/nasa-logo-web-rgb_0.gif)
United States Military (Source: https://www.rt.com/news/373492-peskov-kremlin-usa-tanks/)
Xbox One X E3 2017 (Source: https://ncmedia.azureedge.net/ncmedia/2017/06/Phil-Spencer-Xbox-One-Family-of-Devices-E3-2017-593dc759d6aa8.jpg)
Cell Phone use / trends (Source: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/kdemFfbS5H0/maxresdefault.jpg)
Samsung Galaxy S3 entertainment (Source: https://www.cnet.com/products/samsung-galaxy-tab-s3-review/)
United States Factory (Source: https://www.impomag.com/news/2016/05/us-factory-orders-rose-modestly-march)
Microsoft’s HoloLens (Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/aarontilley/2015/05/04/hands-on-with-microsoft-hololens-augmented-reality-that-doesnt-make-you-sick/#1bdcc8671b01)
Google (Source: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/0-BzaWtxoAnsBjQ_wzUcKxyF07XE7v2Kkg1ogPVUdzmQpvaz118uHQEGU6BdtzJuzfo=h1264)

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