Wednesday, 2 March 2016

digital natives vs. digital immigrants

Marc Prensky influential article

digital immigrants- the idea that people born pre 1980 were immigrants into the world of the internet- the internet did not exist when they were growing up

digital natives -it thought that natives do not have the same emotional attachment to traditional media and may have a tendency to turn to digital media as a reflect 

techno-sceptics

  • the death of professional media will lead to loss of quality 
  • online social interaction is a poor substitute or real interaction
  • social inequalities are amplified rather than reduced 


techno-utopian - ideal world

  • prosumer(producer-writing comments + consumer using media products) audiences(e.g. citizen journalist make better content)
  • the internet allows us to connect and share on a global scale 
  • now anyone can make it without access to expensive resources 

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