What is the Digital Culture?

When I think of digital culture, the first thing that comes to mind are social networking websites such as: facebook, myspace, twitter, etc. The other day I was watching the news with my Dad and it was close to the ending of the segment when one of the newscasters says, “you can follow me on twitter for more details about the story.” I turned to my dad just to double check if I heard them correctly. Then the more I go through the channels the more twitter comes up and I was pretty amazed on how technology is growing more and more rapid every day, how everyone is pretty much getting connected somehow or another. From the focus book, the digital culture sort of broken down to an explanation of it. One of the popular reasons is a source of entertainments such as the social networking sites and as a source of education. This being my first year in college, I was pretty amazed on how instructors much rather prefer assignments being submitted online. Using certain websites to turn in homework is more in demand than handwriting it on a piece of binder paper. It is innovative, since it’s a way by saving trees and going green. It also talked about the pros and cons of using the internet. As far as privacy matters from being able to use it as a research tool for papers. One of the most common cons of the internet is plagiarism. Students might want to take the easy route, and be sneaky by copying and pasting from other writers and calling it their own. Although as easy as it is to come up with that brilliant idea, some brilliant person also came up with online tools to see if your paper is copy and pasted. The digital culture is spreading, and pretty soon everyone will be up to date with being part of it, my mom and dad sure are.