The Relationship Between Digital Culture And Age

In today’s era when the network covers almost all regions, if you don’t know how to use the network, it is likely to be out of touch with society. At the same time, behind the continuous development of the Internet, many labels describing people proficient in the Internet have also been derived. One of the labels of digital natives, in my opinion, describes a group of young people who have been exposed to network technology very early. They have strong learning ability and can skillfully use and learn network technology during their growth. In my opinion, digital resident refers to a group of people who were unable to access the Internet because of the times and technological problems when they were young, but only learned network technology in their middle or old age. For myself, I think I am a digital native, because I have been in contact with the Internet since elementary school, and after several years of study, I can build my own social account and socialize with other people, and I can find information on the Internet proficiently.

From my personal point of view, the relationship between age and digital culture is-the younger, the more proficient people are in network technology. Chinese society is a very clear example. In China, children as young as a few years old may be able to use Ipaid proficiently, but many elderly people aged 60 to 70 are not proficient in using mobile phones. What can be reflected from this social phenomenon is that for some elderly people, they are in an age where they rarely had access to the Internet when they were young. So they rarely have the opportunity to use the Internet in their life circle, because their friends do not use the Internet just like them. But for young people, they may have classmates using mobile phones since kindergarten. Therefore, in this environment surrounded by electronic products, almost all children will actively or passively contact network technology. And young people can quickly and proficiently use the Internet to meet their social needs through their ability to learn beyond the old. So digital culture is closely related to age.

In the article The Internet and Youth, one of the points I am most interested in is that the Internet is an innovative force that has produced new ways of expression and communication. Indeed, the Internet has given people a new understanding of social interaction. Let people know the news from all over the world without going out. The Internet also allows people in different countries to communicate through the Internet. So the Internet is a change in the pattern of human society. In the article Visitors and Residents: A New Typology for Online Engagement, the point I am most interested in is that even though some young people are actively using or learning certain network technologies, they do not use these technologies for learning. So they cannot be called digital native. I very much agree with this view. For example, some young students may be proficient in network usage. But these people only indulge in games every day, and do not use network technology for learning, collecting information, and communicating. So even if they are proficient in using the Internet, they cannot be called digital native.