A world without digital literacy is something unimaginable. It’s something that surrounds us and we don’t realize sometimes. If you think we don’t need digital literacy, you are wrong because one way or another, you have some type of digital literacy knowledge to know how to access Weebly and read my post right now. In Rhinegold’s article, he talks about digital literacies and why we need them in our lives. He first discusses the issues that come along with digital technologies. It damages us because we don’t know how to use it, we don’t become mindful when using technologies (searching the web, texting, etc. without thinking and going through the motions), and we don’t use it at appropriate times. Technology is something that we need to be mindful of when using technology and be smart when using it. We need to know the suitable time and place when to use technology. “One tool that I do feel comfortable generalizing about is the importance of questioning my own communication practices- recognizing which media and mediated social activities I tend to avoid, which ones attract or distract me, and which lead and mislead me, and reflecting on why I react these ways” (8). This quote stuck out to me the most as I was reading because of the mini checklist it is aiming for readers to think about. I never really thought about this until I subconsciously did this on my own in high school. Instagram is a type of social media where it’s filled with pictures and captions that people can post to their account. These pictures can be edited with filters and then can receive likes or/and comments. This type of social media attracted me because it was something that didn’t require much thinking when scrolling through the feed and it was interesting to look at.
This is important to reflect on because even though having digital literacy is important because of the “attention, participation, collaboration, the critical consumption of information, and network smarts” (5), it is something that can negatively harm a person. Overall, digital literacy is something that people need to be more mindful of and is important because you need to know how to use technology and figure out if it’s the right type of technology for you.
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