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9-11 Attacks
Impacted organizational communication by demonstrating the cause and effect of having a lack of collaboration and transparency between government agencies. -
BlackBerry and the Smart Phone Revolution
The first BlackBerry with email, web browsing, faxing, as well as texting and moblie phone service was introduced in the United States. This provided more flexibility and mobility for employees, thus having a tremendous impact on organizational communication. -
Facebook and Social Media
Say hello to easy access to friends and relatives and goodbye to privacy. Many organizations have had to write social media policy. Many organizations advertise and use social media to connect with potential consumers. -
Voice over IP (VOIP) Services
Voice over IP correlates highly with faster broadband speed availability, it started off with commercial and business services, then progressed into the individual consumer market. -
Youtube
Youtube is created and has a profound effect on organizational communition. It allows for easy upload of videos and sharing content. It becomes one of the fastest growing websites in history and is purchased just over a year later for over a billion dollars by Google. -
Cloud Computing
Cloud computing allowed for more mobility and sharing capability. Employees were no longer restricted to VPN’s (Virtual Private Networks) or dialing in to a server, instead, they could access information that was stored in “the cloud” from virtually any device. -
Pluto No Longer a Planet
All hope in humanity is lost. -
Barack Obama is Elected President
Hope restored -
Broadband Internet
Grows from 4% of US households having highspeed internet in 2001 to over 80% in 2014. This affect many areas of organization communication such as the ability to telework from home. -
Edward Snowden Leaks NSA Secrets
Affects organizational communication in many ways, federal employees and contractors are no longer allowed to use any sort of hardware memory devices at work, which leapfrogs cloud and share point usage forward in federal service. -
FCC Passes Net Neutrality Regulation
The principle that Internet service providers should enable access to all content and applications regardless of the source, and without favoring or blocking particular products or websites. -
Ashley Madison Hack
Brings up privacy and security concerns. Many organizations are concerned about employees with privileged information that were exposed by the hack being vulnerable to blackmail and potential liabilities.
