Introduction: Sylvia Mendoza Adjunct Professor, Media Studies, Palomar College
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echnology is at our fingertips and has forever altered every aspect of our everyday lives, in every city, state, country—and culture—throughout the civilized world.
So, it’s hard to imagine now, but in the 1960s, only three national television networks existed—CBS, NBC and ABC.
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News and information sources were limited to newspapers and TV-radio stations.
Then came the 1980s, when new technology emerged at lightning-fast speed with innovations that were previously unimagined. In 1983, the first cell phone by Motorola was developed for public use — priced at $3,995 each. Ten years later, Nokia introduced the first mass-market, affordable cell phones. The internet was launched in the early ‘80s and by 1989, a British computer scientist, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, had created the World Wide Web (www), making internet access free to anyone with a personal computer. In 1991, America Online (AOL) debuted, ushering in widespread use of personal email communications via computer. In less than a decade, email became ubiquitous. At the dawn of the 21st century, social media became mainstream, and Myspace was the first platform to reach 1 million active users. Facebook debuted in 2004, followed by Twitter in 2006. Since 2007, iPhones have led the way for communicating at all levels that included a phone, camera and access to the internet and email. Social media today gives consumers the unlimited power to choose and share what is important and appealing in our lives through such unfettered platforms as X, Facebook, lnstagram, TikTok, and so many more. It has also made it much easier for communities across the world to quickly organize social movements, bringing people together through social media networking. We also have the glorious opportunity to be better informed, connected, and inspired by the success stories of exceptional people both past and present. With a click of a mouse or a screen swipe, we found extraordinary Latino Notables with roots in San Diego who became national icons.
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