IE APPLICATION 2014/2015 MSc in Finance

1. How do you imagine social
interaction within 10 years, taking
into consideration the impact of
technology on human relations?
IE APPLICATION 2014/2015
By Gregorio Bonini

2. What does it mean «social interaction»?
Social interaction is a dynamic
sequence of social actions
between individuals (or
groups) who modify their
actions and reactions due to
actions by their
interaction partner(s).

3. Different ways to interact
Social interaction between users
can range from communication via
text, graphical icons, visual gesture,
sound, touch, voice command, and
balance senses.
The way we interact in rapidly
changing and will continue to do so
in the next 10 years

4. The impact of technology
Humans are social beings, and social interaction is
essential to normal human development. With the
spread of these social networks we can interact simply
by using our phone or our computer

5. A steady growth

6. A forecast of the future
Google glasses project gives us
the perfect view of what might
our future social interaction be.

7. PROS of the development of
technology on human relations
 Electronic communication tools have made the world a more connected
place
 Many businesses and academic institutions use electronic communication
to send information to a large number of people
 Greater access to technology has helped to bridge the cultural gap by
helping people from different cultures to communicate with one another,
and allow for the exchange of views and ideas
 More informations available on everybody

8. CONS of the development of
technology on human relations
 The lost of the ability of face to face interaction
 Privacy issues: anybody can access much more informations
about anyone than before
 Communicating over a distance might degrade the human
approach to relations