- In the Ted Talk by Sherri Turkle, she talks about how mobile devices are so powerful that they change what people do and who people are. Through mobile devices, people can change who they are, they start to remove themselves from the outside world. This starts a norm of people being alone and hiding from people due to this mobile device.The next Ted Talk by Danah Boyd’s, talks about teenagers being upset about there parents invading there privacy. The youth wants to participate in social media, but feels the need to sometimes post items that are not seen by everyone. The last talk by Hasan Minhaj, talks about how there is a dark side to video game industry. The creators of the game is the dark part of the game. These games have become a huge part in society for children. As a result, the workers are put into harsh conditions where they can be laid off at any moment if they are not handling the task given to them. The developers go all day with no overtime pay in order to make the deadlines of the rich CEO’s . In addition, this has created a problem for developers since now they Are seeing developers develop unhealthy outcomes. In “ How Disney Magic and Corporate Media Shape Youth Identify in the Digital Media”, the author talks about how the children start to be shaped and influenced through digital media. In addition, children have access to all forms of media, which allows the corporations to be in control of the media.
- Growing up in the digital media era, I can notice how corrupt it is to the mind and children. I have not benefited from this technology, even though i was able to have access to all types of digital media’s, i found no importance of it to my life. It caused me to become someone i wasn’t and start to eventually dislike. This type of platform has the power to change who you want to be without you noticing it. I hate how now a days i walk into my sisters room and i see her eyes glued to the phone like it is hypnotizing her. Digital media is putting people at risk for Horrible face to face interactions and what life is like in the real world, not the digital one.
- There are many pros and cons, but what is one major pro or con that would shift you to one side? Digital media is good or bad?
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