Week 8 pt.1 (apologises for the lateness of this work)

‘Digital Immigrants’ are those who were already socialized in pre digital ways when digital technology arrived on the scene.
This term has seemed to have a big impact on the world of the media today as we live in this digital age.
We see how the older generation are learning to cope with this change I everyday life while the younger ones who have grew up with it can expand on it and use this new digital technology available in different ways. These younger individuals who are familiar with these technological advances are known as ‘digital natives’.
An example of this digital immigration in the UK recently would be the digital switch over in the world of television. We are seeing how some are having to adapt to the new ways as the digital world advances around our lives.
This new sense of adapting to the new ways can be seen as a process of learning a new language in the ‘digital immigration accent’. This includes turning to the internet for information secondly rather than first.

Prensky, M. (2001) Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants

http://www.marcprensky.com/writing/Prensky%20-%20Digital%20Natives,%20Digital%20Immigrants%20-%20Part1.pdf