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Intro Sentences: Deepak
Welcome to today’s 3 minute talk in tech development. The topic of discussion will be the evolution of communication through the times and as well as bring light to how we interact with those communications. 
Mohammed’s Part:
	Communication has always been about bridging distances, and throughout history, different technologies have shaped how we connect. One of the earliest innovations in long-distance messaging was the telegraph, which used coded signals to send messages instantly. This was a game changer in the 19th century, allowing people to communicate across cities and even countries much faster than traditional mail. However, the telegraph had limitations—it required trained operators to encode and decode messages in Morse code, and it was restricted to telegraph offices instead of being a personal, portable communication tool.
Fast forward to the late 20th century, and we get SMS (Short Messaging Service)—which changed everything. Unlike the telegraph, SMS allowed anyone with a mobile phone to send short text messages instantly, without needing a specialized operator. This shift made quick, casual communication much more accessible. 

As mobile technology evolved, SMS expanded into MMS, which allowed users to send pictures, small video clips, and audio files—essentially the first step toward the image and video-driven communication we use today. 
The rise of internet-based messaging services like iMessage, WhatsApp, and Messenger eliminated the limits of SMS, enabling real-time chats, high-quality media sharing, and interactive features like read receipts. This shift from network-based texting (SMS/MMS) to internet-based messaging blurred the lines between texting and social media, making communication more seamless. Now, let’s explore how social media uses encoding and decoding to influence communication.

Deepak’s Part:
As SMS had set a big boom in the way people communicated, we have since seen a significant shift in how we communicate in contemporary times. While traditional methods of communication still exist, social media apps such as Instagram, TikTok, and Snapchat have transformed the communication landscape, allowing users to engage with the world in new ways. Social media has become a place where it has become more of a default communication than traditional forms. One of the key ways that people communicate through social media is through the use of content, where they can post pictures and videos to anyone around the world.
 
One way we can analyze social media content is through the lens of encoding and decoding. For example, when someone creates a TikTok , they can consume a piece of music from an artist and reinterpret it through their dance, joke, and commentary, which generates new content to share with others. This process shows how users actively participate in media culture, reshaping and repurposing content rather than simply just sharing the same music. Essentially, this is called a negotiated reproduction, where there has been a twist put on the content, while still retaining elements of the original content, creating a shared but modified meaning.

Social media's algorithm is specifically designed to facilitate this circulation. It pushes user-generated content to wider audiences, reinforcing trends and making media more interactive than before. With this, we conclude our three minute update in regards to the change in time of communication.

Deepak Jassi