Week 8 - Article 4 Abstract

Writing in 2004, Marc Prenksy develops his 'digital divide' concept from education, into how a young people behave online. The whole article is expressing how the way that these young people 'digital natives' behave online compared to older people 'digital immigrants'. He splits these differences into a variety of catergories, for example

• how the two groups communicate differently (email, IM, chat)
• how the two groups share differently (blogs, webcams ect)
• how the two groups exchange differently (music, movies, humour)
• how the two groups create differently (avatars, sites, mods)

The main part of his argument is how that because of the two differences in behaviour, the 'digital natives' are moving forward, whereas the 'digital immigrants' are 'afraid of the new technology'. A person cold either agree with his work or disagreem , however what Prensky has done right, is form a basis for argument. Many theorists have either followed him or offered an alternative. He is the king of the 'digital divide'.