Week 6: The Digital Frontier, is it bad for us?

The digital frontier, mostly tiny clusters of information swerving around the world with the use of the internet. Is it bad for us? Well there are many positives and worries, which are also negatives such as the "worry for control over information" and "worries about the future of secrecy and privacy". This all tags with the government, but there are also other worries. Should we be worried about the future of digital media? Yes, but not everyone.

There is a central fear that the younger generation will be too attached to the internet. Now, students and younger kids get online many times at a day and for large quantities of the day at a time. They never leave, sometimes I am one of those people. Their dependence keeps them out of contact with the real world and physical contact with other people.

Another fear is the fast widespread of information throughout the world. News papers, news videos, or informative documents can be downloaded within seconds of contact on the internet. Soem say its a good thing that everyone can now access information, but what if one wrong story was distributed, then it is hard to tell what is truthful and what is not. When googling a certain story, you can find numerous websites listed that have different point of views, stories, and sometimes personal accounts with what you are looking for. A negative would be assembling what is true throughout the recourses available. Facebook is now being used to spread information. To the right of the screen or more widely now, people are posting stories all over the Facebook walls and so people are finding everything out much faster.

In my opinion, digital media has lead to a lazier society. In places where internet is not as widespread or available, you find more traditions, such as in Mexico where internet is available but considerable more expensive and unreliable, you find that more people go out and do work and help others instead of sitting inside all day. It is true that we have become more dependent on digital media, and I am unsure how it will effect the government negatively, but the dependency puts a negative impact on society as a whole.