Comments on: The New White House and the Second Reformation http://www.thelampnyc.org/2009/01/21/the-new-white-house-and-the-second-reformation/ Learning About Multimedia Project Thu, 09 Sep 2010 03:28:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Katherine Fry http://www.thelampnyc.org/2009/01/21/the-new-white-house-and-the-second-reformation/comment-page-1/#comment-172 Katherine Fry Fri, 30 Jan 2009 15:02:37 +0000 http://www.thelampnyc.org/?p=492#comment-172 Thanks for your comment, Larry. Yes, there is disparity in the use of digital, social media between young people and older adults. The digital natives, as many have come to call them, are more comfortable using these media as platforms for social interaction, considering them extensions of their face-to-face communications, while digital immigrants, like me, are more comfortable using digital interactive media for work, saving my most of my personal communications for face-to-face interactions. But as you point out, you can't generalize across generations. Many young people that I've worked with are uncomfortable leaving very personal information online, even while their peers don't see the same need for privacy, and aren't thinking about what this means in the future. Something we've done in workshops with young people is begun to engage them in conversations about how they use digital media. The best approach has been non-judgmental, creating a very open atmosphere where they can talk about their online experiences and how they're comfortable interacting on social network sites, texting, blogs, and the like. These are great opportunities to raise concerns that they have, and that we have as well. So far it's worked well. And I'm always gratified to see that they are as varied in their thoughts and opinions about media as their older counterparts. Thanks for your comment, Larry. Yes, there is disparity in the use of digital, social media between young people and older adults. The digital natives, as many have come to call them, are more comfortable using these media as platforms for social interaction, considering them extensions of their face-to-face communications, while digital immigrants, like me, are more comfortable using digital interactive media for work, saving my most of my personal communications for face-to-face interactions. But as you point out, you can’t generalize across generations.

Many young people that I’ve worked with are uncomfortable leaving very personal information online, even while their peers don’t see the same need for privacy, and aren’t thinking about what this means in the future.

Something we’ve done in workshops with young people is begun to engage them in conversations about how they use digital media. The best approach has been non-judgmental, creating a very open atmosphere where they can talk about their online experiences and how they’re comfortable interacting on social network sites, texting, blogs, and the like. These are great opportunities to raise concerns that they have, and that we have as well. So far it’s worked well. And I’m always gratified to see that they are as varied in their thoughts and opinions about media as their older counterparts.

]]> By: Larry http://www.thelampnyc.org/2009/01/21/the-new-white-house-and-the-second-reformation/comment-page-1/#comment-169 Larry Thu, 29 Jan 2009 18:33:10 +0000 http://www.thelampnyc.org/?p=492#comment-169 Katherine, There is no doubt media literacy is a fundamental requirement for active citizenship today. This raises two (actually many more than two, but at least these two) concerns. Digital natives are experimenting with media and leaving a personal trail that in some cases may be harmful to them in the future. They are using media spontaneously and with skill but without forethought. This could be a problem for them. Secondly, I find some individuals, certainly not all, in older generations refuse to engage with these new media and I am concerned that they could be less influential and even be left out of the conversation as media change. If they rely on print and print becomes too expensive to produce and distribute they will of necessity need to go to other media, or lose information. The trends are moving in this direction, it seems to me. These are pretty simplistically stated concerns, but sufficient for a brief comment, I hope. Katherine,
There is no doubt media literacy is a fundamental requirement for active citizenship today. This raises two (actually many more than two, but at least these two) concerns. Digital natives are experimenting with media and leaving a personal trail that in some cases may be harmful to them in the future. They are using media spontaneously and with skill but without forethought. This could be a problem for them.
Secondly, I find some individuals, certainly not all, in older generations refuse to engage with these new media and I am concerned that they could be less influential and even be left out of the conversation as media change. If they rely on print and print becomes too expensive to produce and distribute they will of necessity need to go to other media, or lose information. The trends are moving in this direction, it seems to me.
These are pretty simplistically stated concerns, but sufficient for a brief comment, I hope.

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