Nowadays, we are living in the new media society because of the digital devices are surrounded our lives such as the Internet, iPhone, TV… In fact, it also means we are living in the information society. According to the lecture, we access to information happens through digital technologies (Quintero, Johnson 2016, Information Society). There is no denying fact that we access the news, music, and information come from digital technologies. Meanwhile, new media society change our lifestyle; it changes our way to communication, culture, message propagating, and self-vales get by access digital technologies. New media society not only bring advantages to us, but also exists the negative side in our lives. So, all the media consumers should be aware of about it. This essay will be discussing three parts:
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Digital divide is convenient our lives but it is not the mainstay; we cannot rely on the digital divide. Social media is not a way to get rid of loneliness, we should keep more times with friends or family face to face to talk instead of social media. Besides, literacy is a traditional method to communicate with others, we still can do it. Having a time plan in the users’ mind of media technologies is very important, to plan how many hours spend on the social media and control it every day; it is a good way to keep our healthy as watching a long time on the screens is bad for eyes. Next, digital readiness is necessary for surviving in the new media society. In the new media society, there has the negative side so that users should be paying attention to it. If the users have the strong digital readiness, they can easier to figure out what information is trust, and then know how to save personal information ((Quintero, Johnson 2016, Digital readiness). The Internet platform provides the access to us, but we should select the safety way to browsing online and protect
Digital divide is convenient our lives but it is not the mainstay; we cannot rely on the digital divide. Social media is not a way to get rid of loneliness, we should keep more times with friends or family face to face to talk instead of social media. Besides, literacy is a traditional method to communicate with others, we still can do it. Having a time plan in the users’ mind of media technologies is very important, to plan how many hours spend on the social media and control it every day; it is a good way to keep our healthy as watching a long time on the screens is bad for eyes. Next, digital readiness is necessary for surviving in the new media society. In the new media society, there has the negative side so that users should be paying attention to it. If the users have the strong digital readiness, they can easier to figure out what information is trust, and then know how to save personal information ((Quintero, Johnson 2016, Digital readiness). The Internet platform provides the access to us, but we should select the safety way to browsing online and protect