Digital communication impact on identities
Positive impacts Negative impacts
Powell: Silver surfers – older people that are now online Prensky: Digital immigrants – those that have had to learn
are using it to get a sense of life back. what digital natives take for granted. At a slight
Prensky: Digital natives – the internet and how to use it is disadvantage to natives.
fluent to young people. It’s their natural environment and Dowd: Digital divide – Elderly feel like strangers in their
Age are confident using it. own homes.
Age 2.0 Project: Training the elderly in teach and social Twenge: Teenagers suffer increased levels of moodiness,
media improves cognitive capacity. anxiety, sadness and isolation (this is the iGeneration).
Garden & Davis: Young people are most frequent users of Postman: Children are exposed to adult content online
tech. They have fluid identities online. earlier than they otherwise would have been.
Chittal: #feminism, #metoo, #imwithher – Raised
awareness of feminist movement
Gender
Nakamura: Muted groups have been given a voice
Haraway: Cybord
Class
Positive impacts Negative impacts
Powell: Silver surfers – older people that are now online Prensky: Digital immigrants – those that have had to learn
are using it to get a sense of life back. what digital natives take for granted. At a slight
Prensky: Digital natives – the internet and how to use it is disadvantage to natives.
fluent to young people. It’s their natural environment and Dowd: Digital divide – Elderly feel like strangers in their
Age are confident using it. own homes.
Age 2.0 Project: Training the elderly in teach and social Twenge: Teenagers suffer increased levels of moodiness,
media improves cognitive capacity. anxiety, sadness and isolation (this is the iGeneration).
Garden & Davis: Young people are most frequent users of Postman: Children are exposed to adult content online
tech. They have fluid identities online. earlier than they otherwise would have been.
Chittal: #feminism, #metoo, #imwithher – Raised
awareness of feminist movement
Gender
Nakamura: Muted groups have been given a voice
Haraway: Cybord
Class
