By far, the most impressive part of the last thirty years has been the integration of the internet into almost every aspect of the world as we know it today. This progressive growth of the internet has made many things easier, such as keeping in touch with others, doing research, and even discovering talented people who are looking to get their name out there. Without a doubt the internet and the other media that has come from that has been a positive influence on the lives of billions, but in recent years some negative influences have come to the surface. The frontline film Digital Nation analyzes both the positive and negative influences in an attempt to get people to think more critically about what they are frequently consuming while on
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Some schools have decided that the solution to this is to integrate technology into their curriculum. By giving all of the student’s laptops they saw an increase in test scores and a decrease in crime, but students were also messing around on the internet during class instead of paying attention to the lesson. The last aspect of the internet that the film addressed was gaming. For a large number of people gaming is how they meet and connect with other people and they feel that they have made better connections this way that they would have by meeting them in person. Businesses have caught onto this trend and they will actually host meetings through online gaming sites. From schooling to our personal lives, the internet has a big influence on the lives of people worldwide. The Frontline Film Digital Nation introduced me to a different perspective on the internet, and helped me realize that young people today can increase their media literacy through a solid understanding of the three building blocks of media literacy, and making sure they can distinguish between media content and …show more content…
In Digital Nation, most of the people featured in the film were consuming media, but they were not taking any steps to analyze the media that they were consuming. This is one thing that the film was trying to get people to do, analyze what they were consuming so much of. In order to apply these three building blocks together, they must be analyzed individually. People need to be aware of the goals that they have when they are looking for new information. Being aware of these goals allows people to control the media that they expose themselves to. The students that were featured in this movie would benefit from being conscious of their goals because it would help them with their grades in school, instead of distracting them from their school work. Being aware of their personal loci would then lead them to building more knowledge structures. Knowledge structures are sets of organized information that take time and information to build. “They are not just a pile of facts, they are made by carefully crafting pieces of information into an overall design” (Potter 2014). The information that is stored in these knowledge structures helps people to analyze new information that is presented to them. In a way it helps to make sure that people are prepared or armed when new information presents itself and allows them to quickly analyze the
Some schools have decided that the solution to this is to integrate technology into their curriculum. By giving all of the student’s laptops they saw an increase in test scores and a decrease in crime, but students were also messing around on the internet during class instead of paying attention to the lesson. The last aspect of the internet that the film addressed was gaming. For a large number of people gaming is how they meet and connect with other people and they feel that they have made better connections this way that they would have by meeting them in person. Businesses have caught onto this trend and they will actually host meetings through online gaming sites. From schooling to our personal lives, the internet has a big influence on the lives of people worldwide. The Frontline Film Digital Nation introduced me to a different perspective on the internet, and helped me realize that young people today can increase their media literacy through a solid understanding of the three building blocks of media literacy, and making sure they can distinguish between media content and …show more content…
In Digital Nation, most of the people featured in the film were consuming media, but they were not taking any steps to analyze the media that they were consuming. This is one thing that the film was trying to get people to do, analyze what they were consuming so much of. In order to apply these three building blocks together, they must be analyzed individually. People need to be aware of the goals that they have when they are looking for new information. Being aware of these goals allows people to control the media that they expose themselves to. The students that were featured in this movie would benefit from being conscious of their goals because it would help them with their grades in school, instead of distracting them from their school work. Being aware of their personal loci would then lead them to building more knowledge structures. Knowledge structures are sets of organized information that take time and information to build. “They are not just a pile of facts, they are made by carefully crafting pieces of information into an overall design” (Potter 2014). The information that is stored in these knowledge structures helps people to analyze new information that is presented to them. In a way it helps to make sure that people are prepared or armed when new information presents itself and allows them to quickly analyze the