Wednesday, 18 March 2009
The oldest digital native you know
The oldest digital native i know has to be my dad. He has facebook, hotmail and uses msn. In addition, he knows so much more about computers and technology than i do. When i come home from university i give him my laptop so he can upgrade my computer to make it better, but also to protect my computer from viruses. Personally, i feel that he is more of a 'native speaker of the digital language,' than i am. In addition, he owns the latest mobile phone, has the latest gadgets (televisions, dvd players etc.) and also knows how to play on the latest games consoles. Yes, i might be a 'digital native' due to the fact that i am aware as to how to use the inet and it what it offers me at the moment, and additionally i would say that i do speak the 'language' that other natives do. However, to me it seems to me that he is a lot more 'native' than i am.
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Don't know if you've noticed from looking at others' blogs, but it is ery noticeable that you and many others have pointed to your Dads as the oldest digital natives. Very few mums. It makes me a bit sad. But on a theoretical, unit concepts level, why do you think that might be?
ReplyDeletei find it quite funny that my mum is not even able to use a remote control properly yet. but i know this is a bit of a generalisation but i think that my mum tries to stay young with looking good and 'trendy' whereas my dad tries to with gadgets. however if you think about they were probably brought up on barbie dolls for girls and cars tc with boys. whereas no children are brought up on many different things. i don't know but it could have something to do with it.
ReplyDeleteI also noticed this with many people's blogs but for me it is my mum who uses the internet, text messaging and facebook, whereas my dad can barely use a mobile phone. I think my dad is too stubborn and has too much male pride to admit he needs to learn how to do something and therefore doesn't bother!
ReplyDeleteI think a lot of the time it depends on the jobs which our parents have. Both my parents work for the NHS and have therefore had to learn how to use computer systems and machines but never in the quantity that, say, a graphic designer would need to. Because of this my parents are good at certain aspects of technology but not others. It has taken them both a long time to learn how to text, and even now they cant grasp the concept of always having a mobile on them.
ReplyDeleteI understand your point Hannah about the way men are stereotypically associated with gadgets, taking that and the job theory into account perhaps that is why men (sometimes) find themselves immersed in technology more than women.
yes hannah, and if you take the example like if you compare me (supposedly a native) to a middle aged man or women (supposedly immigrant) working for apple, i think they would have more in common with technology than i would. so yes i think it has got something to do with what job you do and the industry that you are in.
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