The Digital Era: The Development of Science and Technology

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With the development of science and technology, our life relies on digital products much more than in previous decades. What has the digital era brought to people? Digital activities have been helping us in many fields, ranging from daily life to scientific research and from automated production to school learning. We can get information from all over the world in a timely way via Internet; we can shop online at home instead of going out; also we can having business trades with other by using some trading software. If we live without digital activities, what would life be like? It would be not efficient or convenient for us to keep contact with our friends without mobile phones. However, everything has two aspects. Digital era makes a big influence for people's communication. They talk to each other less, and make friends online. They have alienated the relationship in the real life. It is obvious that the digital age has advantages and disadvantages in people's relationships.
According to " Born Digital: Understanding the First Generation of Digital Natives", John Palfrey and Urs Gasser explain that "All of them are "digital natives." They were all born after 1980; they all access to networked digital technologies; they all have the skills to use hose technologies." He explain that " digital natives" who study, work, and interact with each other are different with our old style. They meet friends online instead of meet in person, and listen music online instead of CD player. For those reasons, I call myself a "digital native. " I remembered that I was a middle school student, when I had my first digital experience. That was in my computer lesson, my computer teacher taught us what computer

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Works Cited

DiVall, Margarita V., and Jennifer L. Kirwin. "Using Facebook to facilitate course-related discussion between students and faculty members." American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education 76.2 (2012). Gale Power Search. Web. 4 Feb. 2014.

John Palerey and Urs Gasser. "Born Digital: Understanding The First Generation Of Digital Natives." (E)Dentity Ed. Stephanie Vie Sothlake, Tx: Fountainhead, 2011 7-20 Print.

Graybill-Leonard, Mica, et al. "Using Facebook as a communication tool in agricultural-related social movements." Journal of Applied Communications 95.3 (2011): 45+. Gale Power Search. Web. 4 Feb. 2014.

Wu, Pi-Chu. "Addictive behavior in relation to the Happy Farm Facebook application." Social Behavior and Personality: an international journal 41.4 (2013): 539+. Gale Power Search. Web. 4 Feb. 2014.

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