ARTICLE DEVELOPMENT AND TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENT
The development of this technology now has many remarkable progress shows. Many things of the life sector who have used the existence of the technology itself. Its presence has provided a considerable impact on the lives of human beings in various aspects and dimensions. Such is the case with communications technology that is thehardware equipment in the organizational structure that contains the value of the social that allow individuals to collect, process and exchange information (according to the Rogers,1986). Circumstances, where a technology capable to change something that is not necessarily can be made into a reality. For example, if the first person cannot speak with others who are in a place that is far away, then after the phone people can talk without limits of time and distance.
From this, again with the discovery of various simple devices, ranging from analog-based phones, developed and developing, continue to appear a variety of other electronic devices. Until these technologies integrate with each other. Existing communication technology is an answer of the times. This happens because of growing forward ahuman civilization then technology will continue to undergo development to align patterns developing era of mankind itself.
1. The notion of communication technology and information technology
According to Rogers,1986 technology is hardware equipment in the organizational structure that contains the value of the social that allow individuals to collect, process and exchange information (in the quotation from the lecture material development of communication technology, Jamroji s. Sos: p. 1). It can be said that communications technology is a new discovery in the aspect of life where each individual can use, access, and provide all the information to other people universally. While according to Ely, 1982 is the information technology, namely including communication systems such as direct broadcast satellite, interactive two-way cable, broadcasting on low-powered9low-power broadcasting), computers (including personal-computer handheld computer and a new one), and television (including video discs and video cassete tape), (quoted from communication technologies in perspective Background & development, Zulkarimein Nasution. 1989:5). Between communication technologies with information technology itself are actually intertwined. but still there is the side that distinguish between the two.
2. Development of communication technology
At this time the need for technology, information and telecommunications technology was very high from the start to the middle to the bottom and the middle to the top. All individuals desperately need technology to accelerate development or improving the construction of both individual and group development. The development of technology which is currently very quickly is the communications technology, which presents a selection of forms technology and sophistication.
Development of the communication itself is actually in line with the life and existence of mankind itself. There are four main determinant point in the history of human communication. According to Nordenstreng and Varis (1973) are:
1. Acquisition (aquisition) language that is at the same time with the birth of a human being.
2. the development of the art of writing with a communication based on the talk. 3. reproduction of the written word (written words) by using the alt printer, allowing the realization of mass communication.
4. the advent of electronic communications, ranging from the Telegraph, telephone, radio, television, up to the satellite.
(quoted from communication technologies in perspective Background & development, Zulkarimein Nasution. 1989:15). According to Alvin Toffler there are three civilizations in the development of the technology itself that is, the age of the agriculture, industry and the last days of the age of information (cited from communication technologies in perspective Background & development, Zulkarimein Nasution.1989: p. 2).
Previous just scratch the back, that the actual communications technology itself has emerged since pre-historic Times. Where at that time were already able to use a form of communication. But the form is still very simple. For example forms limited the movement of the tool body, as the language of images, sounds of bones and so on. But even so, it has been regarded as a form of communication that are appropriate at the time.
Further development has been a little progress a step better, for example in pictograf forms of communication used by the Sumerians, Hierogliph by the Ancient Egypt.