Background A technological "affordance is a quality that a particular object, technological device or service facilitates. As a technological device, an escalator provides the affordance of transit through vertical space (ie, going from one floor to the next). A staircase and an elevator provide the same affordance, as would a jetpack, grapping hook, or human pyramid. While these solutions to the problem of moving vertically each provide the same affordance, they deliver it by differing methods, each of which have both positive and negative qualities. All of the methods get the job done' of moving between floors, but an elevator potentially forces you into awkward conversations with peculiar individuals, escalators are slow and often become traffic bottlenecks, jet packs leave exhaust residue on your clothing, etc. It is therefore important to consider how the positive and negative outcomes related to an affordance affects the use of the technological device for service) from the perspective of the user. It is often the case that an affordance that seemed to offer nothing but benefits to the user comes with unforeseen consequences that mar the user experience and/or undermine the very thing that was promised by the affordance. Taking Instagram as an example, the affordance of community building by easily sharing one's experiences with others via shared images has, for some people, lead to the unforeseen consequence of feeling that their experiences are not as interesting or valuable as those they see on other users' Instagram feeds. Similarly, the affordance of mobile computing and networking gives on the use ability to bring work home but there is a potential unforeseen consequence an expectation that one is never not at work and is therefore always available anywhere and at any time for work-related requests Instructions The objective of this assignment is to critically analyze your personal experience with a technological affordance. Additional research is not required for this assignment but it is expected that knowledge drawn from course readings and lectures will inform your discussion. While not required for this paper any citations should follow APA format. If citations are used, a list of references should be included. If any images are included, they too should be properly cited and included in the reference list. Your task is the following: taking into consideration the concept of technological affordance discussed above, Identity a digital technology a smartphone, laptop, game console, automobile transponder, fitness tracker.oc.) or digital service an app, cloud storage telecom service, etc) that you use in your everyday and do the positive and negative outcomes of one of its affordances Some questions that you might consider in order to interrogate your experience with technology are: Is your engagement with the affordance by choice, compulsion, or a combination of the two? What unforeseen consequences arose (if any) from your use of the affordance? Were you able to foresee how you would ultimately feel about the affordance when you began to use it? What unacknowledged preconditions did you discover later that would have been useful to know before using the affordance (ie, specific training, social or financial costs, public perception, emotional commitments, etc.). What are the trade-offs between positive and negative outcomes and is it worth continuing to use the affordance in the future? This is not an exhaustive list of questions - they are simply intended to get you started thinking about the impact of technological affordance(s) in your everyday life Background A technological "affordance is a quality that a particular object, technological device or service facilitates. As a technological device, an escalator provides the affordance of transit through vertical space (ie, going from one floor to the next). A staircase and an elevator provide the same affordance, as would a jetpack, grapping hook, or human pyramid. While these solutions to the problem of moving vertically each provide the same affordance, they deliver it by differing methods, each of which have both positive and negative qualities. All of the methods get the job done' of moving between floors, but an elevator potentially forces you into awkward conversations with peculiar individuals, escalators are slow and often become traffic bottlenecks, jet packs leave exhaust residue on your clothing, etc. It is therefore important to consider how the positive and negative outcomes related to an affordance affects the use of the technological device for service) from the perspective of the user. It is often the case that an affordance that seemed to offer nothing but benefits to the user comes with unforeseen consequences that mar the user experience and/or undermine the very thing that was promised by the affordance. Taking Instagram as an example, the affordance of community building by easily sharing one's experiences with others via shared images has, for some people, lead to the unforeseen consequence of feeling that their experiences are not as interesting or valuable as those they see on other users' Instagram feeds. Similarly, the affordance of mobile computing and networking gives on the use ability to bring work home but there is a potential unforeseen consequence an expectation that one is never not at work and is therefore always available anywhere and at any time for work-related requests Instructions The objective of this assignment is to critically analyze your personal experience with a technological affordance. Additional research is not required for this assignment but it is expected that knowledge drawn from course readings and lectures will inform your discussion. While not required for this paper any citations should follow APA format. If citations are used, a list of references should be included. If any images are included, they too should be properly cited and included in the reference list. Your task is the following: taking into consideration the concept of technological affordance discussed above, Identity a digital technology a smartphone, laptop, game console, automobile transponder, fitness tracker.oc.) or digital service an app, cloud storage telecom service, etc) that you use in your everyday and do the positive and negative outcomes of one of its affordances Some questions that you might consider in order to interrogate your experience with technology are: Is your engagement with the affordance by choice, compulsion, or a combination of the two? What unforeseen consequences arose (if any) from your use of the affordance? Were you able to foresee how you would ultimately feel about the affordance when you began to use it? What unacknowledged preconditions did you discover later that would have been useful to know before using the affordance (ie, specific training, social or financial costs, public perception, emotional commitments, etc.). What are the trade-offs between positive and negative outcomes and is it worth continuing to use the affordance in the future? This is not an exhaustive list of questions - they are simply intended to get you started thinking about the impact of technological affordance(s) in your everyday life