Module 4 Journal: Review Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs and explain how each level relates to your experiences with technology.  Give specific examples of how your digital experiences relate to each level of need.

From Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Theory that says all humans have needs that exist on a hierarchy that can change over time. It has 5 levels viz physiological needs as level 1, safety needs as level 2, belongingness and love needs as level 3, esteem needs as level 4, and self-actualization as level 5. We can use this theory with cyber behavior to explain the digital experiences we found in the present that how people’s digital experiences relate to each level of need.

               For level 1 physiological needs when we talk about digital experiences or technology, it relates to behavior that everyone sees the technology such as smartphone becomes a physiological need that people will have emotion to it or physiological reactions when something happens to that technology such as when I lose the phone, I will show some actions to find it and feel anxious or angry for that loss.

               For level 2 safety needs when we talk about digital experiences or technology, it relates to behavior that everyone wants to protect the information in social media or makes their technology safety when using it such as I need a firewall to protect my computer from hackers or when people’s computer has a virus, they need to fix it as fast as possible to make their computer safety.

               For level 3 belongingness and love needs when we talk about digital experiences or technology, it relates to behavior that people make their relationships with other people in the cyber world such as I am using social media to find friends, some people using dating apps to find the lover, some people subscribe to YouTube channels to make them more feels belong to that channel, etc.

               For level 4 esteem needs when we talk about digital experiences or technology, it relates to behavior that people use the space in the cyber world to present their prestige or accomplishment to make other people know such as I posts on social media that I get a new job or wins some sport competitions.

               For level 5 self-actualization when we talk about digital experiences or technology, it relates to behavior that people use the technology or cyberspace to make some creative things that they are interested such as I really love gaming so I decide to create a new game or web page about gaming that makes me happy and can make income from technology at the same time.