Modern communication technology has converted words into which of the following?
Modern communication technology has converted words into time, money and power, turning speech and text into resources that can be measured, traded and wielded.
Statement 2, time, marks how instant messaging and speed make words a matter of saved or spent time.
Statement 4, money, marks how information and content have become commodities bought, sold and monetised.
Statement 5, power, marks how command over communication now confers influence and control over others.
Making words a tool of equality is an idealistic hope, not the actual conversion the technology has brought about.
Making them a tool of unwarranted peace names a dubious use rather than the resource form words have actually taken.
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