Week 8 Tasks

Digital Immigration - website 2

This website deals with other arguments surrounding the term 'digital natives' and how it can be sub-categorised. It states how the university of St. Gallen in Switzerland are carrying out a large research project on the dynamics of what a digital native is and what type of person counts as one.

It's main argument is that not all young people born of the new media technology generation are automatically counted as digital natives, it depends on every person's different circumstance. For example, some young people don't necessarily have access to technology and the internet, etc so therefore wouldn't have the same knowledge as other young people that deal with technology on a daily basis. People base the term digital native on age, but this website argues it should be based on their technological interaction. I agree with this argument as i think the younger generation do not just get born with technological knowledge, they have to learn it and they will only be able to become a digital native if they have the access to it.

The website itself is fairly colourful with a white background and blue & green titles to brighten the page up. There is a search bar to the left of the page which enables users to research more information on this topic which i think is useful. The language is also fairly informal and therefore easy to read.