Digital Immigrants

Digital immigrants will soon get immune to this new, up-to-date technology. Although most digital immigrants may not like this idea, it’s 2016 so they are getting low on options. A lot of older people (about sixty plus) probably like to question how we use our technology and social media, such as Nicolas G. Carr. Carr wrote an article called “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” He was born in 1959 which makes him a digital immigrant. Although he is a digital immigrant, he think that this technology comes in great use. “Research that once required days in the stacks or periodical rooms of libraries can now be done in minutes.” Carr says on page 349 of Reader. But, as well as the internet gives us justice, it can also cause us harm. “Once I was a scuba diver in the sea of words. Now I zip along the surface like a guy on a Jet Ski.” Carr says on page 395 of The Reader. In this quote, he is basically describing how before technology, he used to …show more content…
Dennis Baron wrote an article named “Wikipedia: Write First, Ask Questions Later.” Baron was born in 1944 so he is definetly a digital immigrant. In this article, he was describing how people in the world use Wikipedia when it really isn’t that reliable. “Anyone can write a wikipedia article, no experience necessary.” Baron says on page 400 of The Reader. Wikipedia may be easy access for us digital natives, this could make digital immigrants not want to use the internet because people put unreliable information on the website. It’s giving us false information that we may think is true, which brings us back to the question and article title, “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” Digital natives use resources like this because it is easy access and it is faster than having to do actual research. The 21 century is all about being up to date and having information, texts, even phone calls, and notifications from social media websites, such as facebook, right