Week 8 - Article 2 Criticism

Article 2: On the surface this article seems note worthy however as i read, i realised that the article lacked on theoritical concepts and bibliographic sources. Most of what Tapscott stated was backed up by his personal experiences and although it was put across in a way that was easy to read, it felt like there was no substance and i had to use my knowledge to tie up loose ends. If i was an outsider of new media, i wouldn't trust it. Especially as like the first article, it kinda outdated being wrote in 1998; for example he makes a statement about 'how there's a decline in television viewing hours because viewers have no real power', unlike the internet. I think that putting that into todays society, would completely put the statement out of place. Think of 'channel 4 on demand' and the 'iPlayer', these can be accessed through the internet, plus tv has even evolved over the years, with its increase in digital television and therefore more choice, interactive tv etc. Tapscott may of referred to Prensky's work by stating that 'traditional approaches to education are linear' and kids dont like a structure but because this was a tiny section of the whole article, the rest of it being examples of his life and a run down of a history of old media, then the added fact that this was wrote in 1998 makes this article less appealing.